An outstanding strategist and statesman, he was known as Emperor Tai Zu, founding emperor of the Yuan Dynasty. The period from the late 12th to the early 13th centuries saw strengthened economic ...

A gigantic 10-meter scroll dwarfed its estimated sale price to set a territory record at a Hong Kong sale last week. Find out ...

At the beginning of the 13th century, infamous leader Genghis Khan united the Mongols under a common goal — invading the Chinese empire. The land fell to the Mongols in an era that would later be ...

one of the most important painters of the Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)—“this can hardly be his.” And in 1958, curator James F. Cahill concurred, writing that while the painting was “closely ...

The ancient Chinese calligraphic scroll by Rao Jie contains an inscription by Emperor Qianlong and his imperial seal.

HONG KONG--A 700-year-old Chinese painted scroll from the Yuan Dynasty fetched 306.6 million Hong Kong dollars ($41.8 million) at a Sotheby’s auction in Hong Kong. The 201-centimeter scroll ...

The land fell to the Mongols in an era that would later be named the Yuan Dynasty, and the conquerors established centralized bureaucracy, trade, taxation and a capital. In 2024, archaeologists ...