A specialist in Asian art validated that the item could fetch a price of up to $100,000. "I was astounded when I discovered it was from the Ming Dynasty. This makes it the oldest Chinese artifact ...

with its landscaped gardens and many buildings (whose nearly 10,000 rooms contain furniture and works of art), constitutes a priceless testimony to Chinese civilization during the Ming and Qing ...

Three men snatched Ming dynasty antiques worth more than 3.5 million US dollars (£2.78 million) from a Swiss museum shortly before they allegedly plotted to murder a career criminal convicted of ...