In the 1970s, a working-class British couple brought the vase to 'Going for a Song', where it was evaluated as a fake by an expert.

However, what caught the eye of this viewer most was the range of porcelain vases ... century charger plates (€200-€300). The Chinese Qing dynasty celadon double gourd vase is also impressive ...

The 16-inch porcelain vase, which dates back to the Qing dynasty, was originally brought onto the BBC's Going for a Song in the 1970s. The antiques expert at the time dismissed it as a "very ...

The three Qing Dynasty emperors were avid collectors of antique ceramics, particularly those of the Song Period, and ordered copies of the earlier Ge Ware style made for their own court use.

Narrator: The Qing dynasty ... known as queue style, or face execution. The next 150 years saw China flourish. Trade and commerce grew. Painting, printmaking and porcelain manufacturing thrived.