115 x 62 cm. (45.3 x 24.4 in.) Subscribe now to view details for this work, and gain access to over 18 million auction results. Purchase One-Day Pass ...

Nestled in the Forbidden City in Beijing lies a hidden gem that has long been off-limits to the public, until now. The ...

This is a painting (circa 1760s) of the consort of the Qianlong emperor and the future Jiaqing emperor in his boyhood. It was probably done by Giuseppe Castiglione, a Jesuit, and other court painters.

A rare display by two Jesuit missionaries to China whose artwork was in the past largely seen only by royalty and high government officials has delighted American art lovers. The Empresses of China's ...

When Ho Puay-peng first visited Beijing’s Forbidden City in the late 1980s, the Singaporean architect saw many of the historic courtyards used for storage, filled with garbage, and occupied by danwei ...

CHICAGO -- A suit of armor crafted from 600,000 nearly microscopic plates of steel now hangs behind glass at the Field Museum, as if awaiting the tall, slender man it was built to glorify. A throne of ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- A suit of armor crafted from 600,000 nearly microscopic plates of steel now hangs behind glass at the Field Museum, as if awaiting the tall, slender man it was built to glorify. A ...

A restored imperial theatre in China reveals how Western techniques of visual perspective brought by the Jesuits were adopted by an eighteenth-century Chinese emperor, explains Martin Kemp. Since the ...

It’s Lunar New Year. Wearing their finest festive clothes, an 18th century family sits down to feast on a lavish banquet in a room adorned with auspicious signage. This scene will sound familiar to ...

Missionaries in China from the 16th century had royal reins placed on their work. Missionaries in China from the 16th century had royal reins placed on their work. "The moment they sought help from a ...