It is the only Ming Dynasty map of this size and scale that covers South-east Asia. It is special for it does away with depicting China as the centre of the world. Instead, South-east Asia is its ...

Liu Gang, the owner of an ancient map he believes is a copy of an integrated world map by Ming dynasty explorer Zheng He (1371-1435), hit out yesterday at critics questioning the document's ...

Ming Dynasty bowl spotted at yard sale fetches $720,000. John Marshall. 03/18/2021 March 18, 2021. A 15th Century Chinese bowl has gone under the hammer and sold for over $700,000 at Sotheby's.

A rare wine cup fired in the imperial kilns of China's Ming dynasty more than 500 years ago sold on Tuesday for HK$281.2 million at a Sotheby's sale in Hong Kong, making it one of the most ...

The map purported to prove that Zheng rounded Africa's southernmost tip, the Cape of Good Hope, 76 years before Vasco da Gama, and circumnavigated the globe 100 years earlier than Ferdinand Magellan.

World Heritage partnerships for conservation. Ensuring that World Heritage sites sustain their outstanding universal value is an increasingly challenging mission in today’s complex world, where sites ...

A rare Ming Dynasty wine cup described as the 'holy grail' of Chinese art has sold for £20million - smashing the previous world record price for porcelain.

The price contrasts with another carpet from the palace which sold for $7.16 million as it was more intact because it had a border. The Ming dynasty lasted from 1368 to 1644 and the dragon motif ...

A tiny porcelain cup, dating back to the Ming Dynasty, has fetched $36m (£21.5m) at an auction in Hong Kong, setting a new record. The 'chicken cup', so-called because it is decorated with a ...