Ming Collection

China. Cloisonne Jar. Ming dynasty, Xuande period (1426-35 A
Asia. China. Cloisonne Jar. Ming dynasty, Xuande period (1426-35 AD). Boldy decorated jar with imperial mark. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

CHINA. BEIJING. Beijing. Forbidden City. Hall

Portrait by Sze Yuen Ming & Co, Yao Hua Studio, Shanghai
Male studio photographic portrait by Sze Yuen Ming & Co, Yao Hua Studio, Shanghai, China (active circa 1892 to 1920s). Date: circa 1895

China Clay - The Monk. Florence Mary Anderson / Molly MacArthur (1893-1972) had two distinct styles of illustration. From the middle of the 1920s

Ming Dynasty Glazed Figures
This photograph displays three glazed figures of a god, a demon and a goddess, standing on arched bases, of the Ming dynasty. Date: circa 1925

Ming Dynasty Horseman Figure
A photograph of a glazed tile figure of horse and rider from the Ming dynasty. Date: circa 1925

Lady With a Wine Vessel
Chinese painting on silk, featuring a woman holding a large wine vessel, stood wearing a lilac dress with scarf and tassels. Late Ming. Date: circa 1922

The Red Phoenix
This Chinese painting on silk depicts the mythical phoenix creature. Differing from tradition Greek mythology, the appearance of a phoenix (fenghuang)

Ming Tombs, Nanjing, China. Date: circa 1890

Zhengyangmen Street Scene, Beijing, China
Zhengyangmen Street Scene, Beijing (Peking), China. The Zhengyangmen Gate (Qianmen, Front Gate) in Beijings historic city wall can be seen in the background Date: circa 1920s

Ming tombs, Nanjing, China c. 1890 s
Ming tombs, Nanjing, China c.1890 s. The first Ming emperor (Hongwu) was buried at Nanjing, subsequent emperors were buried close to Beijing

Stone Elephants, Ming tombs, Nanjing, China, c. 1890
Stone Elephants, Ming tombs, Nanjing, China, c.1890

Ming tombs, Nanjing, China - The Ming Xiaoling ( Filial mausoleum of Ming ) is the mausoleum of the Hongwu Emperor, the founder of the Ming dynasty

Ming aralia, Polyscias fruticosa (Panax fruticosus var. deleauana). Chromolithograph by P. de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1883

The emperors eldest son with his wife
The emperors eldest son smoking a tobacco pipe with his wife playing the pipa and her attendant in the gardens of the Old Summer Palace, Yuanming Yuan

Old Summer Palace of Yuen Ming Yuen (Yuanming Yuan), Haidian, Peking, Qing Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin

FALL / SHIH TZU / 1959
WEI MING OF ELFANN Head study with a ribbon in its hair. Owner: Evans Date: 1959

Statues on the Sacred Way - Ming Tombs, Beijing, China
Statues at the Divine Road (or Sacred Way ) - Ming Tombs, Beijing, China Date: circa 1920s

China. Beijing. Forbidden City. Coffered ceiling of a building in the interior

The Bodhisattva Guanyin. China. Jin Dynasty (1115-1234) with
Chinese art. The Bodhisattva Guanyin. Shanxi province, China. Jin Dynasty (1115-1234) with some Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) decoration. China 12th-13th c. Victoria and Albert Museum. London. England

Zhenfeng Pagoda, Anqing, Anhui Province, China
Pagoda located inside Yingjiang Temple on the banks of the Yangtze River in Anqing, Anhui Province, Peoples Republic of China. Zhenfeng Pagoda was constructed in 1570 in the Ming Dynasty

Tiananmen - The Gate in the Imperial City - Beijing, China
The Tiananmen or Gate of Heavenly Peace, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China. First built during the Ming Dynasty in 1420, Tiananmen was the entrance to the Imperial City

Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum, China - Camel Statues
Statues of Camels - grave monuments at the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum, the tomb of the Hongwu Emperor and founder of the Ming Dynasty

Twin Elephant statues at Nanjing, China
Twin stone Elephant statues close to the Ming Tomb at Nanjing, China. The Xiaoling Tomb in Nanjing is the final resting place of Emperor Hongwu of the Ming dynasty, who ruled China from 1368-1398

Stone elephant, Ming Tombs, China, circa 1890. Date: circa 1890

Stone statue of a camel on the approach to the Ming Tombs
Stone statue of a camel on the approach (Sacred Way) to the Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Date: circa 1905

China. Porcelain jar. Ming dynasty. Zhengde period. 1505-1521. British Museum. London. Blue. Englnad. United Kingdom

China. Cover box, porcelain. Ming dynasty, Chenghua period
China. Cover box, porcelain. Decorted with turquoise and blue dragon. Ming dynasty, Chenghua period (1465-87 AD). British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

China. Underglazee blue cups. Ming dynasty, Xuande period (1426-35 AD). British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

China. Beijing. Forbidden City. Roof of a building in the interior

Longevity Pagoda, Shashi, Jingzhou, China
Longevity Pagoda at Shashi a district within the main urban area of Jingzhou, Hubei province, Peoples Republic of China - built in the twenty-seventh year of Jiajin reign in the Ming Dynasty

Chiang Kai-Shek at the gate of the Ming Tombs, 1927
General Chiang Kai-Shek (centre), Chinese nationalist leader, at the gateway of the Ming Tombs at Nanking, with two of his guards. Date: 1927

Vase depicting men packing tea (1348-1644). Detail. Chinese art. Ming period. China / Porcelain. IRAN. Tehran. Golestan Palace

Detail from a vase depicting women spinning silk. Chinese art. Ming period. China / Porcelain. IRAN. Tehran. Golestan Palace

China - Peking Observatory. The Beijing Ancient Observatory
Lantern slide of Peking (Beijing) Observatory. The Beijing Ancient Observatory - a pretelescopic observatory located in Beijing, China

China - Sketch map of Peking
Lantern slide of Sketch map of Peking (Beijing). Shows Chinese City in the bottom half, with the enclosure of temple of agriculture to the left and enclosure of temple of heaven to the right

China - The Temple of Heaven
Lantern slide of shrine in most northerly building, temple of heaven. The Temple of Heaven, literally the Altar of Heaven (pinyin, Tiantan)

Giant Panda, Ming, sitting on a wall. Date: circa 1938

Giant Panda, Ming, leaning on a chair. Date: circa 1938

Statues on the road to Ming Tombs, Nanjing, China. Date: circa 1890

Statue on the road to Ming Tombs, Nanjing, China
Camel statue on the road to Ming Tombs, Nanjing, China. Date: circa 1890

Zhenjue Temple - Beijing, China
The Five Pagoda Temple, formally known as the " Temple of the Great Righteous Awakening" or " Zhenjue Temple" - a Buddhist temple from the era of the Ming Dynasty located in

Summer Palace - Beijing, China - Yuan Ming Yuan Pagoda
Summer Palace - Beijing, China - Yuan Ming Yuan Glazed Tile Pagoda Date: circa 1910s

Peking Observatory, China - Beijing Ancient Observatory
Peking Observatory - (Beijing) China. The Beijing Ancient Observatory - a pretelescopic observatory located in Beijing, China

Keep Smiling! Young Giant Panda taking a photograph
The tables are turned in this fantastic postcard showing a Giant Panda taking a photograph of onlookers, unlike the normal situation where the panda is the subject of the onlookers attention

Processional Way - Ming Tombs, Beijing
Processional Way with Animal Statues - Ming Tombs, Beijing. Photograph prior to complete French restoration of the site in the late 1920s. Date: circa 1920s

Stone Elephant, Ming Tombs, Beijing
Kneeling Stone Elephant, Sacred Way, The Ming Dynasty Tombs - located some 42 kilometers north-northwest of central Beijing, within the suburban Changping District of Beijing municipality

Kneeling Stone Elephant, Ming Tombs, Beijing
Kneeling Stone Elephant, Sacred Way, The Ming Dynasty Tombs - located some 42 kilometers north-northwest of central Beijing, within the suburban Changping District of Beijing municipality

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