An Imperial Chinese vase, thought to have been kept at the royal palace in Beijing's Forbidden City, which sold for more than £9 million at auction at Bonhams auction house in London. The buyer, from the Chinese mainland, paid £9,001,250, making the vase the highest-priced Asian artwork to be sold in London this year. Its pre-sale estimate was £5 million to £8 million but it went for a higher price following a bidding war between three separate phone buyers.
(A British pound sterling is about $1.50 U.S.)
And the daughter of the art dealer speaks up... Someone wanted the prestige of owning a nine million pound vase, so that's what they made it worth.
ReplyDeleteMeaning no disrespect to what appears to be a valuable piece, but do you see a face on top, and the handles on the side appear to be scratching under the armpits?
ReplyDeleteIt is a stunning vase, but I think I would be happier with a cheap knock-off LOL.
ReplyDeleteAnd I see what LynnM sees, too!
i agree with Diana - i'd be happier with a cheap knockoff as well
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