A PAIR of nine-inch high Chinese vases ... Irish record price for oriental ceramics. Auctioneers Sheppard’s had estimated their value at €8,000-€12,000. The vases were sold by an Irishman ...

This old table has been in our family for about 100 years, and I am not too sure where it originally was purchased. The top lifts off and there is one long drawer on one side. All the hardware and ...

“My dad brought two of these vases back from ... to find out what the writing on the top says,” the appraiser added. “If you know anyone who speaks or reads Chinese they could tell you.” ...

But buried among the run-ofthe-mill gifts was a pair of Oriental-looking vases. And yesterday - 45 ... and recognised them as rare 18th century Chinese imperial pieces from the Qianlong dynasty.

Most yangcai porcelain is now housed in the National Palace Museum in Taiwan, with one similar vase in the Guimet Museum of Paris. Chinese art ... chairman of Asian art, Sotheby’s In April ...