An exceptionally rare 15th-century Chinese antique that wound up at a yard sale has sold for $721,800 at auction by Sotheby’s, exceeding its top estimated sale price of half a million dollars.

A team in China used ancient DNA to reconstruct the face of an emperor who reigned 1,500 years ago. Emperor Wu was the ruler of the Northern Zhou dynasty from 560 to 578 CE.

The ruler in question was Emperor Wu of China's Northern Zhou dynasty, whose reign lasted from A.D. 560 to A.D. 578. The facial reconstruction of Emperor Wu, who was ethnically Xianbei.

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It’s a sum fit for an emperor. A Chinese porcelain bowl from the 1400s that was found last year at a Connecticut yard sale was sold Wednesday for nearly $722,000.

Some Chinese emperors, like Qin Shi Huang (259-210 BC), consolidated power through aggressive expansion and subjugation of neighboring states.

Yard-Sale Bowl Revealed As Rare Chinese Artifact Auctioned Off For $721,800. ... Sotheby's experts date the bowl to the era of the Yongle Emperor, who reigned from 1403 to 1424, ...

Chinese scientists have reconstructed the face of 6th Century monarch Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou using DNA extracted from his remains - and it's not what you might expect ...

THE CHINESE EMPEROR. Share full article. Nov. 15, 1908. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from November 15, 1908, Page 8 Buy Reprints. View on ...

The 15th century Chinese artefact was bought at a yard sale in Connecticut and could fetch up to US$500,000 when it is auctioned ... Experts said it was painted for the court of Emperor Yongle, ...

An exceptionally rare 15th-century Chinese antique that wound up at a Connecticut yard sale sold for well over its auction estimate during Sotheby’s “Asia Week.” ...