Last year, a ceramics collector was perusing the wares at a London thrift store when a couple of jars caught their eye. Less ...

Recently, the museum published an informative book titled The History of Ancient China in 115 Objects, introducing 115 fine ...

While much of the drama of The Story of Yanxi Palace is pure fiction, life in the 18th-century Qing dynasty inner court was dictated by a rigid hierarchy. The empress enjoyed the most privileges ...

After the fall of the Qing dynasty, the last Chinese emperor ... The only exceptions were for the empress on her wedding day and for the top three national exam scholars. Standing almost 125 ...

In May I had the opportunity to spend a month travelling around China. Many things caught my attention while I was there. In ...

If the emperor married before ascending the throne, only a coronation ceremony would be held to bestow the title of empress on his bride. In the Qing Dynasty , only Emperor Guangxu, Tongzhi and ...

Nearby, a servant takes a book from a ceiling-high shelf. It's just a glimpse into the daily routine of an empress from China's last dynasty, the Qing (1644-1911). The life-sized depiction, painted in ...

From a ceramic plate used by a royal family of the Ming Dynasty to a Qing Dynasty empress' headwear, admiration for plant patterns are ubiquitous, and this remains part of our present culture, Wang ...

When the Qing Dynasty first took control over many parts of Taiwan in 1684, it roughly continued the Kingdom of Tungning’s administrative borders (see below), setting up one prefecture and three ...

The exhibit explores the early days of U.S.-China trade with a focus on Connecticut merchants and sailors who participated in ...