BARONE ASIAN ANTIQUES

Chinese vase fetches £43m at auction

A Chinese vase unearthed in a house clear-out has fetched a world record-breaking £43 million.

The 18th-century piece of Qing dynasty porcelain was expected to fetch between £800,000 and £1.2 million when it went under the hammer.

But the total price, including commission and VAT on the commission, was £53,105,000 after bids in the packed auction room went sky high.

Believed to have been acquired by an English family during the 1930s or earlier, auctioneer Bainbridges said how it reached north-west London would never be known.

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it appears to me, that this vase would be 'more consistent' up front : ))