The Chinese emperor Ming Huang and Yang Kuei-fei, Edo period, early 17th century. Scene from the epic poem Song of Everlasting Sorrow, showing the...
New York Police Department Officer Martin Duffy rappelled down the side of 2430 Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. In Harlem to tranquilize a 400-pound...
Emperor Taichang, 15th ruler of the Ming Dynasty . Personal Name: Zhu Changluo, Zh_ Ch‡nglu˜. Posthumous Name: Zhendi, Zh_nd“. Temple Name:...
Vintage illustration of Chinese and Japanese porcelain types; color lithograph by Julius Bien, circa 1880.
Pair of blue and white saucers with frogs, Ming dynasty, China, 1560-1580. Saucers with flat rims. The centres are painted with a crouching frog on...
Photographer Bert Hardy's son, Mike Hardy, being photographed by Ming the panda at London Zoo. Original Publication: Picture Post - Our Favourite...
Detail of a battle between wokou pirates and Ming Dynasty forces from the scroll painting 'Ming Qiu Shizhou Taiwan zoukai tu' , Qiu Ying .
Detail of a battle between wokou pirates and Ming Dynasty forces from the scroll painting 'Ming Qiu Shizhou Taiwan zoukai tu' , Qiu Ying .
Tang Yin , better known by his courtesy name Tang Bohu, was a Chinese scholar, painter, calligrapher, and poet of the Ming Dynasty period whose life...
Emperor Xuanzong's Journey to Sichuan; this section of a much larger Ming Dynasty Chinese handscroll painting on silk shows Tang Minghuang, or...
Empress Dowager Xiaochun, consort of the 15th Ming Emperor Taichang , mother of 17th Ming Emperor Chongzhen .
Emperor Jiajing, 12th ruler of the Ming Dynasty . Personal Name: Zhu Houcong, Zh_ H˜uc_ng. Posthumous Name: Sudi, Sd“. Temple Name: Shizong,...
Emperor Hongwu, 1st ruler of the Ming Dynasty . Personal Name: Zhu Yuanzhang, Zh_ Yu‡nzh_ng. Posthumous Name: Gaodi, G_od“. Temple Name: Taizu,...
Vase in Meiping Shape with Phoenix, Ming dynasty , Wanli mark and period , late 16th-early 17th century, China, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue...
The Altar of Heaven is part of the Temple of Heaven, or Tian Tan, built during the Ming dynasty in Beijing, China.
Blue and white trumpet vase, China, 1639. Transitional period large vase decorated in the top section with various vases, fish bowls with fish, and...
Blue and white lobed jar with dragons, Wanli period, Ming dynasty, China, 1572-1620. An eight-lobed blue and white jar decorated with eight dragons...
Blue and white meiping vase, Ming dynasty, China, 2nd half of 15th century. A blue and white meiping vase decorated in the so-called 'windswept'...
Irish Member of the European Parliament Luke "Ming" Flanagan speaks during the second day of a conference organised by Farm Europe on February 14,...
Detail of a battle between wokou pirates and Ming Dynasty forces from the scroll painting 'Ming Qiu Shizhou Taiwan zoukai tu' , Qiu Ying .
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang , also commonly known as Emperor Ming of Tang , personal name Li Longji, known as Wu Longji, was the seventh emperor of the...
Snow Clearing on Mountains and Rivers, after Wang Wei, 16th-17th century. Formerly attributed to Zhao Yuan. Artist Unknown.
Vase, late Ming or early Qing dynasty, mid-17th century, China, Cloisonne enamel on copper; pendants: tourmaline, carnelian, H. 12 3/4 in. ; W. 7 1/4...
Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion, datable to 1560. Poetry competition called by calligrapher Wang Xizhi at the stream in at Shanyin, modern Zhejiang...
Great Wall of China, UNESCO World Heritage Site, dating from the Ming Dynasty, Jinshanling, Luanping County, Hebei Province, hundreds kilometers from...
Great Wall of China, UNESCO World Heritage Site, dating from the Ming Dynasty, Jinshanling, Luanping County, Hebei Province, hundreds kilometers from...
Great Wall of China, UNESCO World Heritage Site, dating from the Ming Dynasty, Jinshanling, Luanping County, Hebei Province, hundreds kilometers from...
Great Wall of China, UNESCO World Heritage Site, dating from the Ming Dynasty, Jinshanling, Luanping County, Hebei Province, hundreds kilometers from...
Visitor passes Ming Dynasty antique pottery pieces with light bluish-green glaze at the Taiwan National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan, on...
Emperor Chongzhen, , last emperor of the Ming dynasty is depicted as murdered by a mob. From voyages made to Persia and India 1727, by Johan Albrecht...
Statue of Sakyamuni , Ming Dynasty. The Shuanglin Temple is famous for more than 2000 colorful well preserved sculptures left from the Song, Yuan,...
Walter Menzies Campbell wins the 220 yards final in a time of 21.1 seconds at the AAA Championships at White City, 11th July 1964. Kenya's S. Antad...
