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. The vase was ...

The vase is thought to have left China about 150 years ago A vase found in a house clearance in London has been sold for £43m, thought to be a record for any Chinese artwork. The 18th Century Qianlong ...

An 18th-century Imperial Qianlong porcelain vase on display at Sotheby's in Paris on May 22 Photo: VCG An 18th-century Chinese vase forgotten for decades in a shoe box in a French attic sold for 16.2 ...

A Chinese vase that sat, little noticed, in a suburban London home has become one of the most expensive artworks ever sold, evidence that China's sizzling art market shows no signs of cooling down.

The blue-glazed, silver and gilt vase was created for the court of the Qianlong Emperor An "extremely rare" 18th Century Chinese vase bought in the 1980s for a few hundred pounds and kept in a kitchen ...

Experts are exploring and restoring the Forbidden City's best-preserved, yet least-understood, structure - Emperor Qianlong's long-sealed retirement lodge. Zhang Zixuan reports in Beijing. Juanqinzhai ...

Qianlong has been billed as a lady killer, but when he headed to his favorite retreat he had very serious regal duties on his mind. When Emperor Qianlong arrived in Hangzhou for the first time in 1751 ...

An 18th-century Chinese vase forgotten for decades in a shoe box in a French attic sold for 16.2 million euros at Sotheby's in Paris on Tuesday -- more than 30 times the estimate. Experts at the ...