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A pair of jars purchased as part of a batch of ceramics from a London thrift store for £20 ($25) sold for almost 3,000 times that after they were found to date back to the Qing dynasty.
A pair of Qing dynasty ... jars and bear the Qianlong seal marks on the base in underglaze blue. Chrysanthemums and orchids were two of the four ‘gentlemen flowers’ commonly painted on ...
Recently, a pair of 4.5-inch-tall ceramic jars bought at a London charity shop for £20 (or $25) turned out to be 18th-century, Qing-Dynasty porcelain that could sell at auction for more than $60,000.
The kiln's fires burned continuously until the reign of Emperor Xuantong, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty ... on the cricket jars of his era stand out among all the porcelain produced ...
A rare Qing Dynasty porcelain vase, once dismissed as a cleverly crafted imitation, sold for £53 million after languishing for 40 years in a British family's attic. Crafted around 1740 ...
HONG KONG - An 18th century Chinese famille rose "swallows" bowl has broken the world record for a Qing Dynasty porcelain piece, selling for HK$151.3 million (US$19.5 million) at a Christie's ...
vases and other porcelain items from the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) era. But Mr. Chak—who started in the business in the 1970s as a teenager, working as a cleaner in an antique shop—is betting ...
The 465 lots include pieces dating back to the Qing and Ming dynasties, as well as two bowls dating back to the Song dynasty ... The ongoing sale will clear porcelain and ceramic items, as ...
Photo courtesy of Dreweatts When Mark Newstead first saw the blue-and-gold porcelain vase sitting ... rare 18th-century ceramic from China’s Qing Dynasty. And despite an original valuation ...
It’s a striking example of Falangcai (“foreign colors”) porcelain, now considered to be among the rarest and most valuable materials of the Qing dynasty (1644-1911). The cream-white bowl ...