The posters on the streets of San Francisco and the wall-size banners on the building suggest that the Asian Art Museum’s new exhibit — court art from China’s Ming dynasty — will be a grandiose ...

A rare Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) vase with a copper-red underglaze was sold for HK$78.52 million (US$10.13 million) on Tuesday in Hong Kong, setting a world auction record for any Ming porcelain. "He's ...

Centuries-old porcelain originated in China during the Ming dynasty (1368 to 1644), and it was during that reign that Ming vases became an artistic and status symbol. Ming vase and Chenghua Chicken ...

It's the dream of any antique collector: You impulsively spend a few bucks on a trinket at an estate sale or an antiques store, and later discover that it's worth more than what you paid for it. Much ...

Two British brothers have been sentenced to prison for breaking into a Swiss museum and stealing Chinese Ming Dynasty artifacts worth millions. The stolen items, two Ming Dynasty vases and a cup, ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A prominent old world collection of imperial ceramics fetched $72 million at a Sotheby's Hong Kong sale on Wednesday, with an early Ming cobalt blue Meiping vase going for a ...

A pair of centuries-old Chinese Ming vases are set to sell for thousands of pounds at auction after being discovered at a garden party. The unassuming small square-shaped pots were found by TV ...