By the Ming and Qing dynasties a new fashion of building bronze pagodas ... The Thousand Buddha Iron Pagoda at Xianyang, Shaanxi Province, built during the Ming Dynasty, is 33 meters tall ...

The petite Buddha statue made from bronze dates most likely back to the 15th century. A specialist in Asian art validated that the item could fetch a price of up to $100,000. "I was astounded when ...