A vase kept in a kitchen in England could sell for £150,000 ($186,000) after it was revealed to be a rare 18th century Chinese artifact which was created for the Qianlong Emperor.

From what is today Beijing, the Qianlong emperor commanded the largest, richest empire on earth, so he “spared no expense” while constructing a private complex of 27 buildings, pavilions, and ...

A vase that was purchased for 1 British pound ($1.21) could be worth nearly $100,000 (80,000 British pounds) after it was revealed that the vase was made for the 18th-century Qianlong Emperor.

By a propitious confluence of events linking Salem to China, 90 treasures from the Qianlong' Emperor's Palace of Tranquility and Longevity are now displayed at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem in ...

At the Hong Kong Palace Museum, an exhibition of treasures from the Qing Dynasty shows how the art-loving Qianlong Emperor celebrated Lunar New Year.

As self-satisfactory as Qianlong (In his twilight years, he ordered a carving of jade seal to commemorate his 10 major military triumphs, a seal on view at the exhibition), the emperor looked back ...

The 2ft (60cm) blue-glazed, silver and gilt vase was created for the court of the Qianlong Emperor. Decorated with cranes and bats, it had been estimated to sell at auction for between £100,000 ...

A visitor looks at a throne of Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) during an auction preview in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, Jan 7, 2015.

The 250-year-old retirement digs of an 18th-century Chinese emperor are getting a face-lift. The World Monuments Fund announced Monday that the New York-based architect Annabelle Selldorf and her ...

A highly important enamel glass vase from the Qianlong Emperor period fetched HK$207 million (US$26 million) at a Sotheby’s auction in Hong Kong on Tuesday. It had a presale estimate of over HK ...

Amarachi Orie, CNN. A vase kept in a kitchen in England could sell for £150,000 ($186,000) after it was revealed to be a rare 18th century Chinese artifact which was created for the Qianlong Emperor.