Many cultural relics in China have been displaced by the war. A Dutch art consultant visited a customer last year and found that the owner's home had an ancient vase with various gemstones such as turquoise, and the design was extraordinary. The treasure, which has been sleeping in the home of the owner of the old house for 50 years, was recently unveiled and auctioned for 63 million yuan.
According to CNN, Rosenthal, a Dutch art consultant, received a call last year from an octogenarian woman asking him to help valuate an antiquity. So he went to the old woman's house, where he found a dusty room full of ancient Chinese artworks, "Her four cats were still walking freely in the room, and then she pointed to a vase partially gilded on the cupboard, which she knew was a special and valuable treasure." ”
This vase is actually a "Qingqianlong Yangcai Red Cake Holly Linglong Sandwich Bottle", which was not liked in the past because it was too "Chinese", and was finally bought by an old woman for 56 US dollars (about 391 yuan), and then it was stored in a remote villa, living with cats and dogs for about 50 years, and was still intact when it was found.
Nicholas, Asia Chairman of Sotheby's Auction House, mentioned, "It's a miracle that this is an extremely fragile vase that has survived for half a century in a house surrounded by countless pets." ”
According to historical records, this 18th-century rare antiquity was made by Tang Ying, the governor of the Imperial Household, and the vase was designed in the shape of a lattice with blue and white floral patterns on it, which was one of the most complex and exquisite porcelain on the market, and was even called a "lost masterpiece" by Sotheby's, and was auctioned for more than 9 million US dollars (about 63 million yuan) on the 11th.