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Oracle bones: 3,250-year-old engraved bones and tortoise shells from ancient China were used to foretell the future
There is no one "oracle bone" — about 13,000 have been found — but these relics hint at the development of writing in ancient China. They date from the late Shang Dynasty, (circa 1250 B.C. to ...
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Ancient Chinese ink painting sells for US$60 million at Christie's, the most expensive item ever sold at the Asian branch of auction house
In 2010, Dizhuming, a Chinese calligraphy scroll by Huang Tingjian ... with sales of diamonds, paintings, and ancient ceramics shattering world records. A 10-metre-long triptych entitled ...
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Ancient Chinese Guqins on display in Budapest
Titled "The Voice of Nature and the Human Soul from China - An Exhibition of Guqins from the China Three Gorges Museum" in China's southwest city of Chongqing, the display offers a rare glimpse into ...