Believed lost for decades, an exceptionally rare Chinese Ming Dynasty cloisonné box was a surprise hit at auction, selling at Dreweatts in Berkshire, U.K., for £288,000 ($358,000). It was expected to ...

The Meiyintang “Chicken Cup” from the Chinese Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) is displayed during a press conference in Hong Kong, Tuesday, April 8, 2014. Sotheby’s said Shanghai collector Liu Yiqian won the ...

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, ...

A 15th-century Chinese fashion trend, the horsehair skirt (maweiqun), gained immense popularity, creating voluminous ...

LONDONLONDON — Two British brothers who broke into a Geneva museum and stole millions of pounds (dollars) worth of Chinese Ming Dynasty artifacts were sentenced to prison in Switzerland, police said ...

The maweiqun, an underskirt made from horsehair, was so popular in the Ming dynasty that the government banned it.

HONG KONG – A Shanghai collector paid a record $36 million Tuesday for a rare Ming Dynasty cup that's touted as the "holy grail" of China's art world. Several records have been set at Sotheby's spring ...

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 ...

Archaeologists in China have unearthed a husband-and-wife tomb dating to the Ming Dynasty that contains extraordinarily well-preserved clothing decorated with elaborate designs. The 500-year-old tomb ...

HONG KONG (AP) — A Shanghai collector paid a record $36 million Tuesday for a rare Ming Dynasty cup that’s touted as the “holy grail” of China’s art world. Several records have been set at Sotheby’s ...