A prized Chinese vase dismissed by a BBC antiques expert as merely a 'clever reproduction' went on to sell for £53million after sitting in a loft for four decades. The fate of the Qianlong ...

Many Chinese artifacts feature markings from previous ... So, today let's shed some light on one tiny slice of Japanese culture: the usubata vase. While usubata vases are distinctly Japanese ...

The vase was worth at least HK$1,800,000 (about ... The painting was described in court documents as "Shui Diao Ge Tow, Chinese Ink on Paper", which is the name of a Song Dynasty poem.

This archetypal Chinese aesthetic comes in fact from Iran. "The fascinating thing about these vases is that they are so beautiful and mysterious, and yet they seem tremendously familiar." ...

and replaced the vase with a fake. Separately, the seller had also damaged a Chinese calligraphy painting belonging to the same customer while trying to clean it and replaced it with a printed copy.