the auctioneer said it was a mystery how the 16-inch high piece ended up in London, its provenance was described simply as belonging to an English family collection, probably acquired during the 1930s,
according to the auctioneer, the vase dates from the 1740s from the Qianlong period, would have resided "no doubt" in the Chinese Royal Palace and was fired in the imperial kilns, "it's a world record for a piece of Asian art," Helen Porter of West London auction house Bainbridges told Reuters, "it's part of the end of Asian Art week, so there were a lot (of buyers) over for that and the room was absolutely full of Chinese people bidding against each other," she added, the hammer price did not include 20 percent in fees and taxes,
"It (the bidding) went on for half an hour, We don't know exactly who the buyer is, I believe they're buying on behalf of someone, but I believe they're Chinese," she added, I read some where a brother and sister inherited the house and decided to sell off a few things they did not want, Oh! the price? just £43,000,000 yes 43 million UK pounds! now that's what I call a real good luck story!
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