A vase kept in a kitchen in England could sell for £150,000 ($186,000) after it was revealed to be a rare 18th century Chinese artifact which was created for the Qianlong Emperor. The vase was ...

Asheville, North Carolina – A rare Chinese porcelain cup sold for $180,000 at Brunk Auctions this Saturday. It was the high lot in a two-day auction which totaled $2.2 million. The Imperial cup ...

It’s Lunar New Year. Wearing their finest festive clothes, an 18th century family sits down to feast on a lavish banquet in a room adorned with auspicious signage. This scene will sound familiar to ...

A highly important enamel glass vase from the Qianlong Emperor period fetched HK$207 million (US$26 million) at a Sotheby’s auction in Hong Kong on Tuesday. It had a presale estimate of over HK$200 ...

Qianlong Emperor, born in 1711, was the sixth emperor of the Qing dynasty, ruling from 1735 to 1796. He was the fourth son of Emperor Yongzheng and is remembered as one of the most prosperous and ...

The digitization display of The Qianlong Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour opened at the National Museum of China on Dec 28, which marked the official opening of the stationary digital gallery in the ...

The Chinese garden has long been the prototype of constancy; however, there have been various factors in its long history that brought changes to its appearance over time. In the Qing dynasty ...

A rare vase from the Imperial collection of the Chinese Emperor Qianlong, which has remained in a private Japanese collection for almost a century, will lead the upcoming fall sale of Sotheby’s Hong ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. A pillow (one corner chipped) and ...

MILWAUKEE, June 7, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This summer, the Milwaukee Art Museum presents five simultaneous exhibitions on Chinese art and architecture as part of a year-long celebration honoring the ...

The 250-year-old retirement digs of an 18th-century Chinese emperor are getting a face-lift. The World Monuments Fund announced Monday that the New York-based architect Annabelle Selldorf and her firm ...