Video: A vase found in a shoebox in an attic sold for a record $ 19 million
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
A Sotheby's auction was recently held in Paris. This auction attracted the attention of many, as it set a new record for the sale of a vase produced during the reign of the Chinese Qing dynasty. The sold vase was made of porcelain and in 1736-1795. decorated the palace of Emperor Qianlong. The original cost of the lot was only 800 thousand dollars, but during the auction this amount increased significantly and the vase was sold for 19 million dollars.
Experts noted that earlier Chinese porcelain products were not sold so expensively, and therefore this result is an absolute record. By the way, this amount became a record for this department of the famous Sotheby's auction.
The auction house has its own website and it says that a porcelain vase was discovered by accident in the attic of a French family home. They discovered it by accident, since an ordinary shoebox served as a storage place for this work of art. The antique porcelain vase is decorated with well-preserved images of pines, deer and birds.
The owner of the house where this work of art was found inherited the house from a relative who died in 1947. As time went on, no one knew that in the attic, in a shoe box of the famous brand Josef Seibel, a valuable exhibit was kept, wrapped for greater safety in newspapers. After finding the vase, the current owner of the house took a shoebox and went to the auction to evaluate her find. At first, she traveled by train, then by metro, and even covered some distance on foot. The evaluation of the vase, which measures 30 centimeters in height, was handled by Olivier Valmier, Sotheby's expert on Asian art.
The family members of the owner of the house did not really like the vase, although they understood that it was a valuable item. But no one could even imagine how valuable this, in their opinion, an unremarkable vase, is. But the specialist was very shocked after he opened the box. This vase is the only piece with a detailed design, and it is perfectly preserved, which explains the high cost of its sale. Presumably, it was imported into France at the end of the 19th century, because then Japanese and Chinese art was very fashionable.
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