Prized portrait of Consort Chunhui sold for almost HK$40 million at Bonhams Hong Kong 2012 Spring Auctions - Art Daily
27 May 2012, 8:55 pm
The French headquarters were located at the ‘Hall of Imperial Longevity’ (Shouhuang Dian) in Jingshan Park within the Imperial Palace compound, and this hall was the place where portraits and relics of deceased emperors, empresses and consorts were stored.

Don't label her China's 'TV Queen' - AsiaOne
27 May 2012, 11:58 am
China's Queen of Television. That's what critics and netizens have been calling Chinese actress Betty Sun Li, the lead star of period drama empresses In The Palace. While the 29-year-old Zhejiang native has dutifully chalked up several ...

My Favorite Authors: Stacy Schiff, Cleopatra and the Glass Ceiling of Antiquity - DAILY KOS
21 May 2012, 10:57 pm
She remains largely incomparable: She had plenty of predecessors, few successors. With her the age of empresses largely came to an end. Next week we shift gears and I will try to scare you all, just a little. A tag is a way to search for this diary.

A rare masterpiece by Natalia Goncharova to lead Sotheby's May Sales of Russian Art in London - Art Daily
21 May 2012, 8:19 pm
£30,000-50,000) This heart-shaped frame was formerly in the Collection of Princess Nadeja Bariatinsky, a Lady of the Honour of the Bedchamber to Their Imperial Majesties the Sovereign empresses. With the Bolshevik revolution in 1917, the princess fled to ...

The world’s aristocrats fly in to fete the Queen - Globe and Mail
21 May 2012, 3:44 am
As dozens of kings, queens, emperors and empresses will be passing the port in the largest such gathering since 2002 (when the Queen Mother’s funeral attracted a similar turnout), a crowd will be assembling outside – one that will likely express equal ...

Out of Beijing: The Eastern Qing Tombs - Examiner
20 May 2012, 12:18 am
The Eastern Qing Tombs complex is considered the most complete and important set in China. Emperors, empresses, princes, princesses, and concubines are buried together in 15 masoleums, covering an area of 80 square kilometers.  What to know: You'll need ...