NEW YORK - A rare Ming Dynasty vase that had been used as a doorstop in a New York home has sold for $1.3 million at auction.

The porcelain of China’s Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 CE) is justifiably famous for its fine ceramics – in particular the cobalt blue-and-white porcelain produced in such towns as Jingdezhen in… ...

The most valuable item ever sold by the auctioneers was a blue and white double gourd vase from the Qing period, which was originally valued at €800-€1,200 and eventually sold for €740,000.

The sale of the blue-and-white vase breaks the world record for the price paid for porcelain from the Ming Dynasty. Thirty-two pieces in the sale went for a total of HK$560 million ($74.9 million ...

It has a matching but not original porcelain cover, or lid. Belinda Abel with the Ming dynasty vase coming up for sale at Theodore Bruce on April 9. Estimates between $3000 and $5000. Picasa ...

A prominent old world collection of imperial ceramics fetched £46.5 million at a Sotheby's Hong Kong sale on Wednesday, with an early Ming cobalt blue Meiping vase going for a record £14 million.

A Ming masterpiece owned by a lucky Cork family has sold at auction for more than €600,000. Lot 134, a Ming dynasty flask from the Yongle period, had an estimate of €80,000 - €120,000.