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乾隆花瓶竟被1英镑出售?!网友:不识货就还回来!
于是,他把这只花瓶交给了英国艺术和古董拍卖行斯沃德。拍卖行的工作人员告诉他,这只花瓶是为中国皇帝乾隆(1735年-1796年)制作的。
The unnamed buyer soon realised it must be worth more than he was asking when he was inundated with offers for the tiny yellow vase. He took it to Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers' in Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, who told him the eight inch vase was made for the emperor who reigned from 1735 to 1796.
It is inscribed with an imperial poem that "praises incense" and two iron-red seal marks that read "Qianlong chen han" or "the Qianlong Emperor's own mark". It also reads "Weijing weiyi" which translates to "be precise, be undivided".
11月8日,斯沃德拍卖行将被委托拍卖这个花瓶,估价在5万-8万英镑(43—69万元人民币)之间。
斯沃德的亚洲艺术部主管李业雪(音)说:“这位男士因为喜欢花瓶的外观而在慈善商店买下了它。但他没有意识到其重要价值,所以他以非常低的起拍价把它放到了eBay上,吸引了很多人的兴趣。”
Yexue Li, head of the Asian art department at Sworders, said: "The gentleman vendor was in the charity shop and picked out the vase because he liked the look of it. He was unaware of his significance so he put it on eBay with a very low starting price to begin with and there was a lot of interest."
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