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A Chinese emperor loved jade so much that he commissioned numerous jade objets d'art from the finest craftsmen, composed more than 800 poems about both ancient and contemporary jade pieces ...
Song Dynasty Emperor Huizong practically defined the canon of classical Chinese painting, but his reign was in other ways disastrous. ... “spring palace paintings” is a term for erotic art.
An ink painting of birds by 12th-century Emperor Huizong was sold for 23 million yuan (US$2.77 million) at a Beijing auction yesterday. The emperor, named Zhao Ji, ruled from 1101 to 1125 during ...
The personal jade seal of the Chinese emperor Qianlong is set to fetch a £5million at auction despite measuring just 1.5 inches square.
A matchbox-sized piece of carved jade sold for €260,000 at Sheppard's auction in Dublin on Tuesday morning – the highest price achieved in any Irish fine art and antiques saleroom in 2015.
At the Hong Kong Palace Museum, an exhibition of treasures from the Qing Dynasty shows how the art-loving Qianlong Emperor celebrated Lunar New Year.