Recently, a pair of 4.5-inch-tall ceramic jars bought at a London charity shop for £20 (or $25) turned out to be 18th-century, Qing-Dynasty porcelain ... the man is a passionate collector ...

"Nu Ye", a figure modeled on Qing Dynasty founder Nurhachi, holds two creative products based on him in Shenyang, capital of Northeast China's Liaoning province, Dec 15, 2016. [Photo/VCG ...

A rare Qing Dynasty porcelain vase, once dismissed as a cleverly crafted imitation, sold for £53 million after languishing for 40 years in a British family's attic. Crafted around 1740 ...

As national grade-one cultural relics, the two porcelain bottles were made during the reign of Emperor Qianlong (1736-1796) in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). They feature paintings of 16 boys ...

It was the highest price ever paid for a Qing dynasty porcelain piece and it should guarantee that the vase will never be used as a lamp base again.

A pair of jars purchased as part of a batch of ceramics from a London thrift store for £20 ($25) sold for almost 3,000 times that after they were found to date back to the Qing dynasty.