A Patek Philippe watch worn by the last emperor of China’s Qing Dynasty was sold for HK$48.85 million ($6.2 million) Tuesday at a live auction in Hong Kong. The auction, which lasted about seven ...

A wristwatch once owned by China’s last emperor, Aisin-Gioro Puyi, has sold for $6.2 million at a sale in Hong Kong. The eye-watering price tag is partly due to the rarity of the Patek Philippe ...

NEW YORK — Things didn’t end well for the Chinese Song dynasty emperor Huizong. In 1126, ... The Art of Chinese Bronzes, 1100-1900 through Sept. 28 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The Palace Museum was established in 1925 by the then ruling Republic of China government, after the last emperor of China, Pu Yi, and his household were evicted. 3 A conservator restores a ...

A Patek Philippe watch owned by Aisin-Gioro Puyi—the last emperor of China’s Qing dynasty—sold for $5.1 million hammer at an auction Tuesday, more than 85 years after it was first made by ...

Ancient DNA recovered from the remains of a sixth century Chinese emperor who ruled during the country’s dark ages has shed some light on what the leader may have looked like.

Chinese scientists have reconstructed the face of 6th Century monarch Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou using DNA extracted from his remains - and it's not what you might expect ...