Cracked vase valued at £100 sells for £130,000 after turning out to be Ming dynasty treasure

The blue and white 10ins vase was thought by the auctioneers to be a later imitation of a Xuande period ceramic but Chinese ...
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When the Silk Road unlocked China’s great Tang golden age

China has been here before, though. It’s no wonder that its present leaders are co-opting the endlessly evocative path that a millennium and a half ago lured into its heartland the world’s greatest ...