Chinese vase £20.4m sale may inspire antique appraisal seekers

Those looking for accurate antique appraisals may be inspired by a recent sale of a Chinese vase.

The 300-year-old item - which was made during the Qing Dynasty - went under the hammer to the tune of HK$252.6 million (£20.4 million) at Sotheby's in Hong Kong, China Daily reports.

And according to the news provider, the figure was a world record for Chinese porcelain.

The piece - a yellow-ground famille-rose double-gourd vase - was won by Hong Kong connoisseur Alice Cheng, who was successful following a ten-minute bidding war with another person on the phone.

Nicolas Chow, deputy chairman and international head of Chinese ceramics and artworks at the auctioneers, said: "Chinese artworks took their place on the world auction stage today."

Last month, a Chinese porcelain bowl - believed to be a Victorian-era reproduction - sold for £38,000, after previously being given an antique price guide of £500, the Daily Mail reported.

Posted by Lisa Marriott