The vase was actually a rare 18th-century ceramic from China’s Qing Dynasty. And despite an original valuation of around $186,000, it just sold for $1.8 million at auction.

A rare Chinese vase dating from the 18th century has sold for nearly £1.5 million ($1.8 million) at auction. The gilded blue artifact was initially valued at £150,000 ($186,000), according to ...

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The Osenat auction house employee responsible for pricing a blue-and-white dragon vase at $1,900, and then watching it sell for $7.5 million— more than 4,000 times the original estimate — has ...

A show at the Met offers a feminist revision of Chinoiserie, a decorative style that swept through Europe in the age of empires and seeded stereotypes of Asian women. By Aruna D’Souza The dragon ...

Originally expected to fetch between 1,500 and 2,000 euros ($1,470-$1,960), the Tianqiuping-style porcelain vase sold for more than 9 million euros ($8.8 million), with sellers fees, at the Osenat ...

The vase, which was described as "quite ordinary" by the Osenat auction house in France, was expected to sell for about €2,000 (around $1,952), according to The Guardian.

SINGAPORE: A Chinese vase put up for auction by a French auction house has been sold for €7.7 million (US$7.6m) - nearly 4,000 times its estimated value. Valued at just €2,000 (US$1,966), it ...