A Chinese vase with a £1,800 estimate stunned bidders at a Fellows auction in Birmingham, England. The 14-inch-high wucai fish vase was decorated with orange, green, yellow and blue carp, seaweed, lotus blossoms, grasses and other designs. It was thought to be a copy of a vase made between 1521 and 1567. But some bidders realized it was not a copy. Bidders by phone, online and in the room fought it out until a phone bidder won the vase for £810,000 or $1,007,547 (hammer price). That is 450 times estimate, probably a record of some sort.
there’s a link and mark image in this February AOL article — https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/02/27/a-chinese-vase-sold-for-450-times-more-than-its-predicted-pric/21722980/
thanks dstoecker for the info
Google “wucai fish vase.” there are other articles online that include more info on this piece, including marks and a video of the auction.
I agree with Hujafo about seeing mark and how it was determined it was not a copy of the original.
I’m with Hujafo. More photos would help out a lot.
I would like to see the Marking. Where is the original article for perusal?
It would be nice to see the mark on this item, if one, and to know how it was known not to be a copy of the original.