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$10,000,000.00 ming dynasty vase

updated sat 3 jun 06

 

Earl Brunner on wed 31 may 06


I did a little more research, here is an article about the vase, with a picture.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-05/31/content_604893.htm

Earl Brunner on thu 1 jun 06


Yeah, I was kinda wondering about that, but maybe the
way the lamp was wired, didn't involve running the wire
through the wall of the vase?

Earl Brunner
Las Vegas, NV
-----Original Message-----


Quoting from Earl's link, above...
=====================
The vase was originally inherited by a Scottish couple
who used it as a
lamp [...]

The peony vase auctioned yesterday is one of rare
successes where the
pattern is expertly executed and the colour is evenly
distributed, and has
also survived without damage.
=====================

So I'm guessing that the hole those folks drilled for
the lamp cord doesn't
count as damage, huh?!

--Carl
in Medford, Oregon

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Carl Finch on thu 1 jun 06


At 10:37 PM 5/31/2006, Earl Brunner wrote:

>I did a little more research, here is an article about the vase, with a
>picture.
> http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-05/31/content_604893.htm

Hmm, nice.

Quoting from Earl's link, above...
=====================
The vase was originally inherited by a Scottish couple who used it as a
lamp [...]

The peony vase auctioned yesterday is one of rare successes where the
pattern is expertly executed and the colour is evenly distributed, and has
also survived without damage.
=====================

So I'm guessing that the hole those folks drilled for the lamp cord doesn't
count as damage, huh?!

--Carl
in Medford, Oregon

Robert Seele on fri 2 jun 06


They used a wireless connection , Bluetooth I think ;)

Bob Seele


On Jun 1, 2006, at 11:26 PM, Earl Brunner wrote:

> Yeah, I was kinda wondering about that, but maybe the
> way the lamp was wired, didn't involve running the wire
> through the wall of the vase?