China Song Vase Smashes All Records

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JOE McDONALD

Published: Apr 19, 2006, 12:43 AM ET
Updated:Feb 10, 2022, 01:16 PM ET

BEIJING – A Chinese entrepreneur paid $20 million at an auction for an eighth century white porcelain vase, a record for antiquities in China, state television and an auction house employee said yesterday. The sale highlighted the soaring prices that newly rich Chinese collectors are paying for cultural relics at home and abroad.

China Song Vase Smashes All Records

China Song Vase Smashes All Records

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