A Chinese vase anticipated to fetch €1500 to €2000 (round $2200 to $3000) at public sale has offered for greater than €9 million ($13 million) after a bidding battle between collectors.
The blue-and-white Tianqiuping vase went below the hammer on the Osenat public sale home in Fontainebleau, close to Paris, on Saturday, and achieved a closing worth of €9.121 million together with charges, in response to the corporate web site.
The vase has a spherical physique and a protracted cylindrical neck.
It measures 53cm by 40cm and is embellished with dragons and clouds, in response to the itemizing.
Tianqiuping vases are often known as “celestial sphere” vases due to their form.
Jean-Pierre Osenat, president of the public sale home, instructed CNN on Tuesday that the vase’s proprietor, who lives overseas, requested the auctioneer to promote it as a part of a consignment of things taken from their late grandmother’s home in Brittany, north-western France.
