Here are the most expensive vases in the world, ranked by auction price in current U.S. dollars. Sale year: 2011 Sale price: $921,577 Price today: $1.16 million This 18th-century Qing dynasty vase ...
Another remarkable antique is the Qing Dynasty Vase, which sold for $19 million at a Sotheby’s auction in 2010. This 18th-century Chinese vase is known for its exquisite craftsmanship and ...
The burner is flanked by stone flower vases and candlesticks ... Three years after she died, the Qing Dynasty came to its end with the Revolution of 1911. Ci Xi's tomb was exquisitely constructed ...
Its resemblance to peacock feathers led it to be called peacock blue. Jingdezhen kilns, Vase, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1736–1795), Porcelain, Zhuyuetang Collection. Photo: Barry Li. Blue­, ...
Rare Qing dynasty vases, art symposiums and a zine exhibition — Macao’s cultural scene offers more than just Portuguese tarts and glitzy slot machines. Christie Lee From its humble beginnings ...
A look at the buildings of the East Tombs of the Qing Dynasty offers a good example ... flanked by two candle stands and a pair of flower vases carved from stone. These seem to make up a scene ...
“It was one of those ‘only in Macao’ moments.” Rare Qing dynasty vases, art symposiums and a zine exhibition — Macao’s cultural scene offers more than just Portuguese tarts and glitzy ...
Mary took it into the auctioneers, and they have identified the vase as dating from the Ming dynasty between 1368 and 1644. It is now going under the hammer with a pre-sale estimate of £4,000.
Behind one such set of gates, beyond three large courtyards, past trees and flowers planted in vases of stone ... two centuries of rule, the Qing (Manchu) dynasty crumbled. Fear and hostility ...
Robes, attires and accessories with embroideries once adored Qing Dynasty's royal members are on show. [Photo provided to China Daily] The significance of colors transcended mere aesthetics in ...
The hotel's art collection includes a set of four rare porcelain Qing Dynasty vases – once part of the porcelain collection of the Duchess of Buccleuch, Elizabeth Montagu – and works of the ...
For instance, the French owners of this rare Qing Dynasty vase, one of the most valuable periods for pottery in history, ...