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The vase placed in the kitchen costs up to 186,000 USD

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The antique vase is estimated to be worth up to 186,000 USD. Photo: CNN

CNN channel (USA) quoted the announcement of the auction house Dreweatts (UK) saying that a surgeon bought this vase in the 1980s for only a few hundred dollars. The doctor then gave the vase to his son, who did not realize the value of the artifact and instead left it in the kitchen.

Dreweatts said that the vase is nearly 91 cm high with gold and silver motifs striking against a vivid blue enamel background, the vase bears the distinctive six-character mark of the Qianlong period (1736-1795). Dreweatts describes the vase as an “exceptional example of Qianlong porcelain”, using a very unusual glaze technique and striking colour.

Dreweatts plans to auction the vase on May 18 with an estimated price of 124,000-186,000 USD.

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The bottom of the vase has a typical symbol of the Qianlong period (1736-1795). Photo: CNN

Special consultant Mark Newstead at Dreweatts said he first saw the vase when he and his wife attended a meal at a friend’s house in the late 1990s. The vase was then located in an alcove in the kitchen. .

A few years later, Mark Newstead again went to his friend’s house and took a closer look at the vase and thought it might have belonged to the Qianlong period. However, the vase remained in the kitchen for another 20 years.

This is not the first time that valuables have been found in homes. A 13th-century painting sold for $26.8 million in 2019 after it was discovered hanging in a French kitchen. Another 400-year-old painting was found by accident in 2014 in the attic of a house and was valued at up to $136 million.

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