Relatives discover priceless Qing vase after couple's passing; sells for £53 million
In the 1970s, a working-class British couple brought the vase to 'Going for a Song', where it was evaluated as a fake by an expert.
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Vase rejected and branded 'clever fake' by expert sells for millions on BBC antique show
The Qianlong Vase, likely looted by British and French soldiers from a Peking imperial palace during the Second Opium War, was initially estimated to fetch £1million. However, as bidding ...
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The £800 Chinese vase that sold for £53MILLION: How family heirloom dismissed by BBC antiques expert as a 'clever reproduction' fetched huge sum at auction after sitting in ...
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 ...
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'Antiques Roadshow' vase branded 'fake' and left in dusty attic sells for record-breaking amount
The Qianlong Vase, which had been in the family for generations after being acquired by an ancestor who travelled extensively, was initially valued at £1million. However, during the auction ...
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Rare vase ‘rejected’ by experts on BBC antiques series sells for £53,000,000
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 ...
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Bowl with Peony Sprays on Diaper Ground (exterior); Chrysanthemum Sprays (interior)
plain porcelains from the imperial kilns in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, to the palace workshops in Beijing, where court painters applied the polychrome enamel decoration. The Qianlong reign mark on ...