Posts under ‘Ming Dynasty’

New world record for Ming vase
(China Daily)
Updated: 2006-05-31 05:52 HONG KONG: A rare underglaze copper-red Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) vase sold for HK$78.52 million (US$10.13 million) in Hong Kong yesterday, setting a world auction record for Ming porcelain. Theow Tow, Deputy Chairman of Christie’s Asia and the Americas International Director of Chinese works of Arts, looks at [...]

London : Hidden away amid shoe boxes and dresses,  a precious 18th century