Art experts in Australia have found a rare paper banknote from the Ming Dynasty of Imperial China hidden inside an antique wooden sculpture that was being prepared for auction. The Chinese characters ...

Not many can afford a trip to Suzhou, China, also known as the Oriental Venice. "Gentlemen of Suzhou," an exhibition of Chinese paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), gives visitors a ...

Poetry, painting, and calligraphy: Known as the “Three Perfections,” these genres were regarded as the ultimate expressions of Chinese literati culture during the Ming dynasty (1369–1644). Members of ...

Two of the largest bronze figures created during the early Ming dynasty will soon be offered up by Sotheby's during spring’s Asia Week New York. Depicting guardian deity Panjarnata Mahakala and ...

Dish with copper-red glaze, and a Xuande mark in cobalt oxide on the base, China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen Ming Dynasty, Xuande reign (1426-1435) Freer Gallery of Art Imagine an exhibition with ...

Qiu Ying, “The Queen Mother of the West Flying on a Crane” or “Immortal Flying on Crane” (dated 1500–1552 by Asian Art Museum; LACMA’s proposed date c. 1534-1542), ink on gold-flecked paper (image ...

I stole a Ming dynasty scroll from the Berkeley Art Museum and got away with it. It was my mom’s birthday. My sister lives in San Francisco, so we met there to celebrate. I was an art student in Los ...

Aquatic Animals Mystery of golden orb found in depths of ocean off Alaska finally solved: 'Everyone was like, What the heck? What is that?' Romans Altar to Sol: A rare 1,900-year-old monument ...

The vase was recovered in a sting operation two years later when officers posed as buyers offering £450,000. A Chinese Ming Dynasty vase stolen from the Museum of Far Eastern Art in Geneva, ...