A Chinese cloisonné vase, originally valued at a bargain price ... The sellers didn’t have much faith in the item, but despite a missing lid and some wear and tear, some vigilant bidders ...

A Chinese vase that sat, little-noticed, in a suburban London home has become one of the most expensive artworks ever sold, evidence that China's sizzling art market shows no signs of cooling down.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. An 18th-century Chinese vase discovered in a house clearance fetched a staggering 43 million pounds (69.2 million US dollars ...

LONDON – A Chinese vase that sat, little-noticed, in a suburban London home has become one of the most expensive artworks ever sold, evidence that China’s sizzling art market shows no signs of ...

An 18th-century Chinese vase forgotten for decades in a shoe box in a French attic sold for 16.2 million euros at Sotheby's in Paris on Tuesday -- more than 30 times the estimate. Experts at the ...

By Murray Wardrop and Murraywardrop 11 November 2010 • 11:22pm The 18th century Qianlong-dynasty porcelain vase is believed to have fetched the highest price for any Chinese artwork sold at ...

Peter Bainbridge displays the catalogue showing the 18th-century porcelain vase his firm auctioned. ((Kirsty Wigglesworth/Associated Press)) An 18th-century imperial ...

A Chinese vase that sat, little noticed, in a suburban London home has become one of the most expensive artworks ever sold, evidence that China's sizzling art market shows no signs of cooling down.

An antiques expert offered a mere £800 after he valued a pretty Chinese vase on his TV show back in the 60s. So it's no wonder the mother and son owners of the 18th-century heirloom were ...

An Antiques Roadshow guest was overcome with emotion on the programme after their Chinese vase was revealed to be worth up to £50,000. On Sunday's episode – the second of two held at ...

The anonymous winning buyer was one of some 30 Chinese bidders who competed for the vase, which the auction house deemed a “quite ordinary” porcelain-and-enamel piece dating to the 20th century.