The three-inch tall blue and white vase bearing a Yongzheng six charachter mark has sold for 40,000 pounds at an auction in Melton Mowbray.
The vase carried an estimate of 30 to 40 pounds as it was cracked and chipped & was part of a tray lot.
Senior auctioneer Simon Shouler said: “The vase was on a small tray of Chinese porcelain and much of it was cracked and chipped.
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