One of the best ever finds on Bargain Hunt had been collecting dust in a Derbyshire attic for years – before going on to sell ...

A rare Qing dynasty painting, titled "The Blue Goats," heads to auction at Sotheby's Hong Kong with a high estimate of $19 ...

The opaque world of Forbidden City dining gets a little clearer when we skip forward to Kangxi’s grandson, an imposing figure known as Qianlong Emperor. During his nearly 61 years on the throne ...

Qianlong Emperor, born in 1711, was the sixth emperor of the Qing dynasty, ruling from 1735 to 1796. He was the fourth son of Emperor Yongzheng and is remembered as one of the most prosperous and ...

Today's object is from China, at a time when it was pursuing its own Enlightenment, under the Qianlong Emperor who, like his European contemporaries, devoted considerable attention to exploring ...

Disloyalty was always dealt with harshly. For example, the Qianlong Emperor executed authors and their entire families for writing things that criticised the Manchus. Very hard! People were put in ...

Today's object is from China, at a time when it was pursuing its own Enlightenment, under the Qianlong Emperor who, like his European contemporaries, devoted considerable attention to exploring ...

They inspired several works of art, such as “Portrait of the Qianlong Emperor” (1736) and the “Qianlong Emperor Hunting Hare” (1755) by Jesuit painter Giuseppe Castiglione, showing the ...

President Trump is nothing if not audacious, even brazen, in charting a course distinct from his presidential predecessors. Yet certain aspects of his policies and behavior resonate with a historical ...

The following was recorded about Emperor Qianlong. “At about 7 a.m. on the 30th day of the ninth month in the 12th year of Qianlong’s Reign, His Majesty (Emperor Qianlong) took his breakfast ...