"I was astounded when I discovered it was from the Ming Dynasty. This makes it the oldest Chinese artifact in Australian history," Dechamps stated on the Antiques Roadshow program. Upon ...

When the Han Chinese overthrew the Mongols and founded the Ming dynasty in the later 14th century, they took over the fleet and an already extensive trade network. The enterprising spirit of the ...

Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, established his capital in Nanjing (Chinese for southern capital). He ate mostly food cooked with the flavors of South China during his ...

The items, including this Chinese Ming Dynasty vase, were worth around £2.78 million (Handout/PA) According to the facts read out by the prosecution, Kelly and Louis Ahearne had flown into Geneva from ...

Known for exquisite porcelain production and expansive trade, the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) represents a period of Chinese imperial rule between the fall of the Mongol Yuan dynasty (1271–1368) and the ...

Incense burners in the shape of geese or ducks were among the most popular archaic designs from the Song Dynasty onward.

He pacified the people by burying the last Ming emperor with honours ... the Mandate passed to the new dynasty. The Mandate of Heaven is the pre-20th century Chinese belief that an emperor would ...

The 97-year-old Brazilian has opened a foundation in Portugal to house the world’s most significant selection of Ming and Qing export porcelain ...

Three men snatched Ming dynasty antiques worth more than 3.5 million US dollars (£2.78 million) from a Swiss museum shortly before they allegedly plotted to murder a career criminal convicted of ...