Experts valued it at just €2,000. But the seemingly run-of-the-mill vase has just sold at auction in France for nearly €7.7 million (about $7.5 million), with a bidding frenzy propelling it to nearly ...

Artists > Dragon > Artworks > Pair of Chinese blue ground porcelain vases with gilt dragon decoration. Each with 2 dragons chasing pearl with cloud and floral decoration. Gilt Guangxu marks on base ...

Chinese porcelains are among the hardest for an average collector to identify and date. They have been made for centuries and it is considered a tribute, not an attempt to fool a customer, to copy a ...

Compare a near-identical vase bearing a horizontal six-character mark of Wanli, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Suzanne G. Valenstein, The Herzman Collection of Chinese Ceramics, 1992, p. 83, ...

A Chinese vase expected to fetch €1,500-€2,000 (around $1,470-$1,960) at auction has sold for more than €9 million ($8.8 million) after a bidding war between collectors. The blue-and-white Tianqiuping ...

Have you ever wondered how Antiques experts can sometimes identify whether or not a piece of porcelain is the “right” one at first glance? This is especially the case when it comes to Chinese ...