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Rare Pair of Ming Dynasty Jars Smashes Its $1 M. High Estimate, Hammering for $12.5 M.
On Wednesday, in London, Sotheby's sold a pair of rare 16th-century Ming Dynasty Chinese jars decorated ... that "fish jars" made during Jiajing Emperor's reign (1522–66) in Imperial China ...
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Rare pair of Ming Dynasty jars smash auction estimate, selling for $12.5 million
A pair of rare Ming Dynasty fish jars dating from the 16th ... The porcelain jars, made for the Jiajing Emperor, sparked a 20-minute bidding war among more than 10 collectors before eventually ...
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Imperial Food in the Ming Dynasty
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 ...
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Carriers of history and tradition
Incense burners in the shape of geese or ducks were among the most popular archaic designs from the Song Dynasty onward.
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From protection to patrimony
Han and Ming Great Wall protection leads to creation of national cultural park in Northwest China, Yang Yang and Ma Jingna ...
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Imperial Treasures: Chinese Ceramics of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection
Ming dynasty, early 15th century (probably Yongle era ... blue-and-white porcelain continued to draw inspiration in shapes from the Islamic world, with the emperor presenting ceramics as gifts to the ...
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Murder plot accused stole Ming dynasty porcelain from Geneva museum, court told
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 ...