Paintings such as these came in sets of ten, and were displayed in temples dedicated to the city god or brought out during the Ullambana Festival, when it was believed that the gates of hell were ...

One outstanding example is Pine, Hawk, and Lingzhi Fungus, completed in 1724 during the Yongzheng reign, and crafted by Italian court painter Giuseppe Castiglione (1688-1766), known by his Chinese ...

A rare Chinese silver-inlaid, bronze figure of Guanyin, goddess of mercy and compassion, is expected to sell for up to £5,000 ...

Painting, printmaking and porcelain manufacturing ... Historians have different views about how the Qing dynasty ruled. On the one hand, some view the Manchus as successful rulers after the ...

By incorporating Western painting skills into traditional Chinese bird-and-flower paintings, he breathed new vitality into the Chinese painting sphere, particularly during the Qing Dynasty.