An Antiques Roadshow expert warned a guest to 'be careful' after he started dancing when he was told of the real value of his ...
The exhibition, featuring loans from the Palace of Versailles and The Palace Museum in Beijing, celebrates the 60th ...
An Antiques Roadshow guest fist pumped the air upon discovering just how much his small collection of Chinese ceramics were ...
Antiques Roadshow expert Lars Tharp was left impressed when a guest brought in three pieces of Chinese ceramics, including a ...
The museum will also use multimedia to recreate a handwritten letter from Louis XIV to the Kangxi emperor in 1688. Written in ...
In 1706, at the height of the Chinese Rites Controversy, the Kangxi Emperor appointed two Jesuit missionaries, Fathers Antonio de Barros and Antoine de Beauvollier, as his special envoys to Rome.
When he ascended to the throne, Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) inherited an affluent monarchy from his ...
The Manchu and Han banquet was introduced during Emperor Kangxi’s reign at the government house and official residence of the upper strata. The Manchu and Han banquet derived from changes in the ...
Emperor Kangxi, and father, Emperor Yongzheng. Qianlong was in his mid-20s at the time. The country he was to reign was politically stable and economically well developed, and so besides ...