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.

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 vase in question, described by Sotheby’s as a “lost masterpiece,” was identified as an 18th-century artifact by Dutch art consultant Johan Bosch van Rosenthal, who happened upon it while ...

A long-forgotten Chinese vase, once auctioned for just $56, has sold for over $9 million after being found “surrounded by cats and dogs” in an elderly woman’s country home.

The vase was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong Chinese Works of Art Spring 2020 Sales Series alongside another big-ticket item, a recessed-leg table from the Ming Dynasty, that went for $7,761,800.

The porcelain wall vases, dated to the reign of Emperor Qianlong in 18th century China, were spotted by an antiques expert who had been called to the vendors' West London home.

This Qianlong famille rose wall vase was bought from a charity shop for just £1, however it is expected to make over £50,000 in our November Asian Art Auction! But why is it so special?

A rare Chinese vase, which was discovered being used as a doorstop in a New York home, has sold for more than $1.3 million US at a New York auction.

Initially expected to sell for approximately $100,000, a rare Chinese vase that was made for the 18th-century Qianlong Emperor has sold for $487,000, or 380,000 British pounds, SWNS reports.

Here's how one of the rarest pieces of Chinese porcelain in the world ended up in the National Museum of Ireland ...

An extremely rare 18th century Chinese vase made for an emperor which was bought by a surgeon in England for a few hundred pounds in the 1980s has sold at auction for almost £1.5 million. The 60cm ...