A prized Chinese vase dismissed by a BBC antiques expert as merely a 'clever reproduction' went on to sell for £53million after sitting in a loft for four decades. The fate of the Qianlong ...

The Qianlong Vase, likely looted by British and French soldiers from a Peking imperial palace during the Second Opium War, was initially estimated to fetch £1million. However, as bidding ...

The Qianlong-dynasty vase has had a chequered history from imperial looting to BBC cameos (Picture: PA) The show originally ran from 1965 to 1977 (Picture: BBC) According to experts at the time ...

Experts confirmed it was crafted around 1740 for the fifth emperor of the Qing dynasty, Qianlong. The vase's journey through history is believed to have been dramatic. Experts suspect it was ...