The owner of a commercial antique sales company, who was mired in debt, has admitted to selling a collector’s antique vase and pocketing the proceeds. Kuok Chio, 42, who had also given the collector a ...

The 42-year-old said he was going to bring the vase, worth about S$315,280, to Hong Kong to have it valued, but instead ...

Qianlong Dynasty is a Chinese television series based on the novel Qianlong Huangdi by Eryue He. The series was preceded by Yongzheng Dynasty in 1997 and Kangxi Dynasty in 2001, both of which were ...

There, additional specialists confirmed that the vase was an imperial artifact likely crafted for Emperor Qianlong, the fifth emperor of the Qing Dynasty. Its uniqueness and rarity were undeniable ...

Qianlong. It is believed to have been stolen from the Summer Palace in Peking during the Second Opium War when British and French forces raided Emperor Xianfeng’s royal home. The vase was initially ...

In an astonishing turn of events, a vase previously written off as a fake by a BBC antiques expert ultimately sold for a staggering £53 million after being relegated to an attic for four decades.

The fate of the Qianlong Imperial treasure has come under renewed spotlight - having stunned dealers when uncovered and put under the hammer by a west London firm.

A prized Chinese vase dismissed by a BBC antiques expert as merely a 'clever reproduction' went on to sell for £53million after sitting in a loft for four decades. The fate of the Qianlong ...

The Qianlong-dynasty vase has had a chequered history from imperial looting to BBC cameos (Picture: PA) The show originally ran from 1965 to 1977 (Picture: BBC) According to experts at the time ...

Through careful research and expert verification, the piece was confirmed to be an authentic artefact, created around 1740 during the reign of Qianlong, the fifth emperor of the Qing dynasty. Experts ...

Experts confirmed it was crafted around 1740 for the fifth emperor of the Qing dynasty, Qianlong. The vase's journey through history is believed to have been dramatic. Experts suspect it was ...