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Investing in Chinese porcelain & works of art can be very profitable, but be sure to know what you are buying is of good quality – and genuine! There is a lot of fake items on the market. For more details please visit at http://www.chineseantiques.co.uk
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Chinese vase valued at £30 sells for £40,000 in UK auction The three-inch tall blue and white vase bearing a Yongzheng six charachter mark has sold for 40,000 pounds at an auction in Melton Mowbray.Thevase carried an estimate of 30 to 40 pounds as it was cracked and chipped & was part of a tray lot. http://www.chineseantiques.co.uk/chinese-vase-valued-at-30-sells-for-40000-in-uk-auction/
How To Identify Antique Chinese Porcelain Through Symbolism Unless you have been around Chinese antique porcelain for a number of years then simply identifying a piece as Chinese & not Japanese can be confusing. I can not tell you how to identify Chinese porcelain pieces with a 100% accuracy via this article but I can show you certain traits & symbolism commonly used on Chinese porcelain that will hopefully help you identify or understand the meaning of symbols used in Chinese porcelain production. http://www.chineseantiques.co.uk/how-to-identify-antique-chinese-porcelain-through-symbolism/
Song Dynasty Ru Brush Washer Sells For $37.7 Million The dish, which has a diameter of just 13cm and would have been used to clean brushes, has a glowing, intense blue-green glaze and ‘ice crackle’ pattern. It was offered by Sotheby’s with a guide price of £10 million ($13.24 million), but there was a fierce 20-minute bidding war and the dish eventually sold to an anonymous bidder for £28 million ($37.7 million). http://www.chineseantiques.co.uk/song-dynasty-ru-brush-washer-sells-for-37-7-million/
£500 Estimate – Sells For £4 Million – Qianlong? Apparently it was a Chinese amateur what ever that means that bought the vase. The auctioneer at the Geneve-Encheres auction house said the age of the vase was difficult to evaluate accurately and that they tended to be conservative in their estimates. http://www.chineseantiques.co.uk/500-estimate-sells-for-4-million-qianlong/