France: Clean the attic, discover treasures of over ten billion dong

Extremely rare treasure but many years are not interested in the owner.

A French family has discovered objects that everyone wants to find when cleaning the loft: priceless Chinese art work.

The ancient vase was found on the attic of a French family.

According to CNN, the French family found a intricately decorated porcelain vase in an old shoe box on the attic.

They took it to Sotheby's auction house in Paris to be assessed. Here, experts say the vase came from China's Qing dynasty and could cost up to $ 600,000 (~ 13.6 billion).

The vase comes from China's Qing Dynasty and can cost up to $ 600,000.

The owner of the vase inherited it from his grandparents, along with many other items such as Chinese porcelain and Japanese artworks. Among these antiques, an 'unusual' bronze mirror will also be auctioned off with the vase next month at Sotheby's.

Sotheby's expert, Mr. Olivier Valmier, said that when opening the shoe box, he was "immediately impressed" with the quality of the item.

Valmier said this is the porcelain vase of Yangcai pink line with the mark of the reign of Qianlong king, the Chinese ruler from 1736 to 1795.

"The bottle is exceptionally rare: it is the only known specimen of this type," Sotheby's auction house said. "The pink porcelain porcelain of this era is extremely rare in today's market, with most specimens currently in the National Palace Museum in Taipei and other museums around the world."

Binh has the imprint of the reign of King Qianlong, the ruler of China from 1736 to 1795.

Although the vase is rare and of great value, the original owner did not care about it at all.

"We don't like the vase very much, and my grandparents don't like it either," the owner said.

Henry Howard-Sneyd, President of Asian Art in Europe and America at Sotheby's, believes there will be such discoveries in the future.

"Chinese art is admired and collected throughout Europe for centuries, but the importance of some works is sometimes overlooked over time," Howard-Sneyd said.

"With the thirst for Chinese art in the collection world today, it's time to clean up the house and the loft, and come and see us with anything you find!".