Qianlong vase initially valued at $1300 sets record price of $69 million at auction – Arts & Entertainment

www.antique-chinese-furniture.com — Apparently the 18th-century Qianlong-era porcelain vase was discovered while cleaning out a modest London suburb home. Other then knowing it was acquired in the 193o’s, the anonymous family who owned it knows little else as to its origins. Purchased by a Chinese bidder on behalf of an undisclosed buyer, the sale price was not only more than 40 times the pre-sale estimate, but it set a new record for a Chinese work of art.

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Qianlong vase initially valued at $1300 sets record price of $69 million at auction

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