Period:Shang dynasty Production date:1200BC-1050BC (circa) Materials:jade Technique: Subjects:bird Dimensions:Length: 5.20 centimetres Description: Figure (bird). Made of jade (blu...

In 1943, Joseph Needham set out from Sichuan to visit Dunhuang, Gansu, and took a large number of old photos along the way, recording the western style of China at that time. We ha...

Period:Wei, Jin, Southern & Northern Dynasties Production date:548 Materials:bronze, gold, Technique:gilded Subjects:attendant bodhisattva Dimensions:Height: 28 centimetres Des...

A group of old photos of Tianjin in 1920s from the archives of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through which we can have a look at the French Concession in Tianjin a hundre...

Period:Qing dynasty Production date:19thC(early) Materials:enamel, bronze, gold, Technique:cloisonné (enamelling), gilded, Subjects:headgear/hairstyle lama Dimensions:Height: 46 c...

Liaoshen Campaign was a part of the liberation war in modern Chinese history; Three Campaigns” First, it started on September 12, 1948 and ended on November 2 of the same yea...

Period:Qing dynasty Production date:19thC Materials:ivory, wood, Technique:carved Subjects:arhat buddhism Dimensions:Height: 20 centimetres (with stand) Height: 17 centimetres Desc...

Share a group of old photos of Xinjin, Sichuan in 1944. Let's see what Xinjin, Chengdu was like 80 years ago Xinjin, the current Xinjin District of Chengdu, is located in the west ...

Period:Ming dynasty Production date:16thC-17thC Materials:ivory Technique:carved, gilded, Subjects:daoism reading/writing Dimensions:Height: 39.50 centimetres (with stand) Height: ...

Today, I would like to share with you a group of old photos of Gansu in 1925, taken by Joseph· Locke Joseph· Born in Vienna on January 13, 1884, Rock (Joseph Francis ...