Museums, particularly in China and Taiwan ... Smith & Son in Hampshire and walked in with the vase under her arm. The auction house estimated the sale price at £600; however, six-figure offers ...

It had once belonged to Mrs Newman's late husband who had in turn inherited it from an uncle who brought it back from China ... took the vase back to the Bainbridges auction house, where Mr ...

He was told it was a very clever reproduction.' He then took the vase back to the Bainbridges auction house, where Mr Grocholski told him it was 'either the best replica in the world or it's worth ...

The vase was "sitting on the bookcase doing absolutely nothing" and Bainbridges Auction House manager David Reay ... fifth emperor of the Qing dynasty in China. It had been handed down through ...

After being rediscovered, the vase was taken to Bainbridges Auction House, where manager David Reay realised it could be something special. Speaking about the moment, David recalled ...

However, when David Reay, manager of Bainbridges Auction House ... incredible £53 million. The vase crafted around 1740 for the Qing dynasty's fifth emperor in China, which had been passed ...

In Europe, blue-and-white porcelain is practically synonymous with China. And we've always associated it with the Ming Dynasty. But it was the David Vases, now in the British Museum, that made us ...

The vase, which had been inconspicuously perched on a bookcase, caught the attention of Bainbridges Auction House manager David ... made for the fifth emperor of China's Qing dynasty.

David Reay, manager of Bainbridges Auction House, instantly recognised the vase as something special ... the fifth emperor of the Qing dynasty in China and had been passed down through the family ...

After the couple died, their family stumbled upon the vase amid their possessions. David Reay of Bainbridges Auction House noticed the vase sitting atop a bookcase, reports Express. He recounted ...