Plain Looking Chinese Porcelain Vase Sold For ?9 Million
Experts at the auction house estimated the vase to be worth just ?2,000 but bidders thought otherwise.
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What seemed to be an ordinary Chinese vase estimated to fetch ?2,000 has been sold for more than ?9 million (including all the associated fees) in an auction in France. Nearly 4,000 times its estimated value, a bidding war ensued as interested buyers were convinced that the vase was a rare artefact from the 18th century.Â
The French auction house Osenat said its experts authenticated the vase and concluded it was from the 20th century. If the vase had been 200 years older, it would have been worth significantly more and hence valued at ?2,000.
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The tianqiuping-style porcelain vase features a blue and white design of dragons and clouds. On Osenat?s website, it was described as a ?porcelain and polychrome enamel vase in the style of the blue-white with globular body and long cylindrical neck, decorated with nine fierce dragons and clouds?. Furthermore, the seller of this artefact had not even seen the 54cm-tall vase and currently resides in a French Overseas Territory. The vase was part of her mother?s estate that she inherited. She asked the auctioneer to sell it as part of a consignment of items taken from her mother?s home in Brittany.
It was further reported that the vase o...
The post Plain Looking Chinese Porcelain Vase Sold For ?9 Million appeared first on LUXUO.
What seemed to be an ordinary Chinese vase estimated to fetch ?2,000 has been sold for more than ?9 million (including all the associated fees) in an auction in France. Nearly 4,000 times its estimated value, a bidding war ensued as interested buyers were convinced that the vase was a rare artefact from the 18th century.Â
The French auction house Osenat said its experts authenticated the vase and concluded it was from the 20th century. If the vase had been 200 years older, it would have been worth significantly more and hence valued at ?2,000.
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Osenat (@_osenat)
The tianqiuping-style porcelain vase features a blue and white design of dragons and clouds. On Osenat?s website, it was described as a ?porcelain and polychrome enamel vase in the style of the blue-white with globular body and long cylindrical neck, decorated with nine fierce dragons and clouds?. Furthermore, the seller of this artefact had not even seen the 54cm-tall vase and currently resides in a French Overseas Territory. The vase was part of her mother?s estate that she inherited. She asked the auctioneer to sell it as part of a consignment of items taken from her mother?s home in Brittany.
It was further reported that the vase o...
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