The phrase “Chinese Bronze” is ... A massive gilt-copper incense burner and altar vase commissioned by the Ming dynasty court ...

A Chinese vase expected to fetch €1,500-€2,000 (around $1,470-$1,960) at auction has sold for more than €9 million ($8.8 million) after a bidding war between collectors. The blue-and-white ...

A Chinese vase expected to go for less than $2,000 at a French auction on Saturday instead fetched a record-breaking $8.8 million. Originally thought to be worth $1,470 to $1,960, the vase shot ...

In an unusual, and absolutely surprising, turn of events, a Chinese vase that was valued at less than $2,000 ended up being sold for nearly $9 million. The blue and white Tianqiuping vase fetched ...

Crucially, the distinct and elaborate metal mounts were removed ... Lane identified the vase in Dublin as the first credibly documented piece of Chinese porcelain in Europe.

The anonymous winning buyer was one of some 30 Chinese bidders who competed for the vase, which the auction house deemed a “quite ordinary” porcelain-and-enamel piece dating to the 20th century.

The red and white vase and the yellow-glazed pitcher are from the reign of Kangxi Emperor in China (1661 to 1722) Two rare Chinese antiques that had been in an East Sussex home for more than 100 ...

“Quite extraordinary.” According to The Guardian, the story has cost one of the auctioneer’s experts his job, after a Chinese vase he declared an ordinary decorative piece worth €2,000 (£ ...