Chinese porcelains are among the hardest for an average collector to identify and date. They have been made for centuries and it is considered a tribute, not an attempt to fool a customer, to copy ...

A 17th-century Kingwood Eight Day Table Timepiece by Nathaniel Hodges and a royal tea set were standout lots at Tennants ...

Hallmarks and manufacturer’s stamps are some of the first things appraisers look at when attempting to date an antique. Such is the case with a 19-inch Chinese porcelain vase painted with birds ...

A British brother and sister cleaned out their late parents’ dusty suburban attic and stumbled onto a fortune — an 18th century Chinese porcelain vase that sold at auction last night fo… ...

See Lark E. Mason appraise a Chinese famille noire porcelain vase, ca. 1890, in Maryland Zoo, Hour 3. Funding for ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is provided by Ancestry and American Cruise Lines.

One of the most expensive vases in the world is this large oval ceramic that showcases the Famille-Rose pastel colors and stylized flower design pattern. The piece has a long neck and flared mouth ...

Chinese porcelain vase and Chinese cloisonné vase Chinese cloisonne (left) and porcelain vases. Courtesy of the collector My father obtained two vases during or after World War II.

The vase, which was described as "quite ordinary" by the Osenat auction house in France, was expected to sell for about €2,000 (around $1,952), according to The Guardian.

The Tianqiuping porcelain vase, believed to be an 18th-century artifact, sold at an Osenat auction on Saturday for almost 4,000 times its estimated value.

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW recently saw one guest thrilled about the value of his wife's vase collection, which he stated was more than he had "anticipated".

The art expert believed the vase was just a decorative piece worth less than $2,000, but it sold for more than 4,000 times his estimate in France.