Berkshire auctioneers sell rare Chinese vase for £1.5 million
An extremely rare 18th century Chinese vase made for an emperor which was bought by a surgeon in England for a few hundred pounds in the 1980s has…
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An extremely rare 18th century Chinese vase made for an emperor which was bought by a surgeon in England for a few hundred pounds in the 1980s has…
It was originally estimated to fetch £150,000
The vase purchased for a ‘few hundred pounds’ by a surgeon was the highlight of the Dreweatts Auctioneers recent sale of Chinese ceramics
The vase, which was likely displayed in the halls of the Qing palace in the mid-18th century, was snapped up by a super-rich Chinese buyer for £1.2million - nearly ten times the expected price.
Glazed porcelain piece, created for Qianglong imperial court in the 1700s, had been purchased for a few hundred pounds in the 1980s