Bana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) -- A rare Chinese vase dating from the 18th century has sold for nearly £1.5 million ($1.8 million) at auction.The gilded blue artifact was initially valued at £150,0 ...

The name of this shape of vase in Chinese is ‘Tianqiuping’, meaning ‘heavenly globe vase’, which alludes to Chinese iconography, where heaven is represented as a sphere.

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link A Chinese vase that once sold for $56 was auctioned off on Saturday for $9,084,486 — after it was rediscovered in an elderly woman's pet ...

A Chinese vase expected to fetch €1,500-€2,000 (around $1,470-$1,960) at auction has sold for more than €9 million ($8.8 million) after a bidding war between collectors.

A Chinese vase that was taken to an auction house by a 79-year-old pensioner in a cardboard box has stunned experts when they realised it was from the early Ming period - and worth £1million.

A Chinese vase estimated to sell for around $2,000 ended up fetching $7.6 million at auction, ... the piece is a Chinese Tianqiuping vase, known for its signature spherical shape.

And, in 2010, a Qianlong vase found in a London home broke the world record for Chinese artwork, fetching £43 million (then around $68 million USD) at auction. You Might Also Like ...

A 250-year-old vase made for the Emperor of China discovered in a kitchen in England has sold for a staggering £1.5million, ten times its estimate. The 18th Century vase was bought by an English ...