![A Vase Kept in an Ordinary Kitchen Turned Out to Be a Qing-Dynasty Artwork Worth Millions | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine A Vase Kept in an Ordinary Kitchen Turned Out to Be a Qing-Dynasty Artwork Worth Millions | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine](https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/L9Zuc419SBd7IHDrAAfcQmMFidw=/fit-in/1600x0/filters:focal(700x527:701x528)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/33/e0/33e08ce6-e242-4cbf-8d16-e5e69dd98b5a/vase3.jpg)
A Vase Kept in an Ordinary Kitchen Turned Out to Be a Qing-Dynasty Artwork Worth Millions | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
Chinese antiques: A $31 million scroll, an $86 million vase, and other items from China's antiques boom.
![Owner ruined Ming vase worth up to 4 million pounds when he turned it into a lamp...but it still sells for £550,000. | Vase, The potter's wheel, Lamp Owner ruined Ming vase worth up to 4 million pounds when he turned it into a lamp...but it still sells for £550,000. | Vase, The potter's wheel, Lamp](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/41/dd/c7/41ddc7425af98d3e47413083375107ee.jpg)
Owner ruined Ming vase worth up to 4 million pounds when he turned it into a lamp...but it still sells for £550,000. | Vase, The potter's wheel, Lamp
![An extremely rare blue and white 'lotus' vase, Ming dynasty, Xuande / Zhengtong period | 明宣德 / 正統 青花纏枝番蓮紋瓶 | Important Chinese Art | | Sotheby's An extremely rare blue and white 'lotus' vase, Ming dynasty, Xuande / Zhengtong period | 明宣德 / 正統 青花纏枝番蓮紋瓶 | Important Chinese Art | | Sotheby's](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/9d/b0/dd3d870d4eb6a761d4a2b225fdd5/031n10748-bvr7q-05.jpg)
An extremely rare blue and white 'lotus' vase, Ming dynasty, Xuande / Zhengtong period | 明宣德 / 正統 青花纏枝番蓮紋瓶 | Important Chinese Art | | Sotheby's
![Ordinary' Chinese vase valued at €2,000 sells for almost €8m after bidding war | Paris | The Guardian Ordinary' Chinese vase valued at €2,000 sells for almost €8m after bidding war | Paris | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/4ea24caefb216b3e0b8481e5903722c42ff083ba/38_13_2522_1513/master/2522.jpg?width=1200&height=900&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&s=0ed42c37ec167932d1a3236eae9058ed)