HONG KONG (Reuters Life!) - A rare, classical scroll by a Ming dynasty artist fetched $24.8 million at a Beijing sale, the highest price ever paid for a Chinese painting at auction, in a positive sign ...

A stolen 9-foot calligraphy scroll believed to be written by former Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong has been found cut in half, Hong Kong police said. The artwork, worth about $296.7 million, was ...

As Su Shi's "Wood and Rock" goes to auction, we are reminded that the discussion of genuine and fake paintings is ever-present in Chinese art history. From a technical perspective, the label “fake” is ...

Recently, a remarkable discovery has been made. Ancient Chinese scrolls, well-preserved and steeped in history, are shedding new light on our understanding of optics. These ancient texts suggest an ...

The trade war between the U.S. and China rages on but it did not spoil the mood of bidders taking part in a fine classical Chinese paintings auction in Hong Kong as an ancient scroll sold for a record ...

A 700-year-old Chinese painted scroll sold for nearly $42 million at an auction in Hong Kong. According to Sotheby’s, the piece of art fetched 306.6 million Hong Kong dollars ($41.8 million).