The artists twisting Persian masterpieces with stunning color
With dreamlike imagery and bold patterns, contemporary Iranian artists have reinterpreted the Persian miniature tradition.
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From carnivorous plants to more common varieties, growing them indoors has lots of benefits
It was over 5,000 years ago that the ancient Egyptians started bringing plants — most likely ferns and palm trees — indoors in containers to beautify their homes. The notoriously ...
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Vase dismissed as fake on Antiques Roadshow precursor sells for £53million
The 16-inch tall porcelain ornament, an intricately designed Chinese vase that had been a family heirloom, was subsequently stashed away in the couple's attic, where it remained for 40 years.
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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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Rare vase ‘rejected’ by experts on BBC antiques series sells for £53,000,000
The vase was woefully undervalued on the BBC decades prior, then sold for millions (Picture: BBC/PA) An incredibly valuable vase claimed to be worth just hundreds of pounds on a BBC show then sold ...
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Who is Han Zheng, the senior Chinese official attending Trump’s inauguration?
Chinese leader Xi Jinping may not have personally accepted US President-elect Donald Trump’s invitation to his inauguration, but Beijing has taken the rare step of dispatching a top official to ...
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Antiques Roadshow rare vase that was 'rejected' by experts sells for £53 million
A vase that was once rejected by experts on an early version of Antiques Roadshow has sold for a staggering £53 million after being rediscovered in an attic. The 16-inch porcelain vase ...
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Vase rejected and found in dusty attic sold for £53million on BBC antique show
The intricate Chinese vase was a family heirloom, so they stowed it away in their dusty attic for 40 years. After the couple's death, their relatives stumbled upon the vase while clearing out ...
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As US TikTok users flock to Chinese app Xiaohongshu, interest in Mandarin rises
NEW JERSEY – In a crowded high school cafeteria in New Jersey, Ms Ellie Lindal took a video of her shrivelled cheeseburger and posted it on Chinese-owned social media app Xiaohongshu ...
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Vase dismissed and left in attic for 40 years sells for record-breaking figure on BBC antique show
A vase initially dismissed by a BBC antiques expert as a "very clever reproduction" fetched an eye-watering £53million after languishing in an attic for four decades. Back in the 1970s ...
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Vase branded 'fake' by expert and left in dusty attic sells for record-breaking amount
An unassuming vase, deemed a mere imitation by an antiques expert and neglected in an attic for 40 years, has astonishingly sold for £53million at auction. The BBC's nostalgia-tinged '70s show ...