Chinese sleeper at auction sets £810,000 house record for Fellows of Birmingham

A Chinese porcelain wucai fish vase sold for £810,000 at Fellows on Monday – 450 times its estimate. Such large wucai or 'five colours' fish jars tend to date from the reign of Jiajing (1522-1566) but Fellows believed it to be 20th century.

Fellows’ inaugural Antiques, Silver & Collectables auction in Birmingham yesterday included a sp…

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