A rare Qing dynasty painting, titled "The Blue Goats," heads to auction at Sotheby's Hong Kong with a high estimate of $19 ...

Also known as the Duke Yansheng Residence, the site in Qufu, Shandong province, was the hereditary home of the Confucius ...

acquired an intricately painted porcelain plate over a decade ago, he was told it was a piece from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). But something about its design — the swirling motifs, the ...

Years ago, the buzzword term "Yongzheng so busy" was invented to echo a pop culture moment in which Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) appeared as the main hero in several period dramas ...

Empires rise like wildfires—how do we measure their scars? One way to measure the march of human history would be the timeline of “The Empires.” The Akkadian Empire (circa 2334–2154 BCE), is widely ...

During the final imperial dynasty, the Qing (from the end of the 17th century ... and the roaring global trade in tea and porcelain—levels of inequality exploded, in part due to widespread ...

In its early years, the Qing Dynasty had a tea kitchen (for tea with ... Bronze, copper, and porcelain ware were kept for use at any time. The External kitchen prepared the palace banquets ...

During the Ming dynasty, blue-and-white porcelain was exported to the Middle East and Europe, where it influenced local ceramic designs. In the Qing dynasty, famille rose pieces were especially ...