Chinese Vase Sells

At the end of last month I posted about a Chinese vase that was found in a couple's house where it was being used as an umbrella stand. The 18.5 inch blue and white piece is an imperial vase and almost certainly made for the Emperor Qianlong in about 1740. There is some slight damage, and even a splash of emulsion paint, without the damage it was estimated it could have fetched £1million, as it was a more modest half a million was the estimate.  Well yesterday it made £750,000 which is a fantastic sale. It was sold by Dukes in Dorchester to an anonymous telephone bidder.