Japan had lived in relative isolation from the outside world. American gunboat diplomacy, instigated by Commodore Perry in 1853, opened up Japan for trade with the West. The Japanese did not wish to ...

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However, what caught the eye of this viewer most was the range of porcelain vases, plates, urns and jars from the Far and Middle East, as well as some from closer to home. Take, for example ...

Jackson County was once known as the ‘Satsuma Capital of the World.’ There used to be a satsuma festival, parade, and beauty queen. But a brutal freeze in the 1930s virtually killed all of the ...

In an astonishing turn of events, a vase previously written off as a fake by a BBC antiques expert ultimately sold for a staggering £53 million after being relegated to an attic for four decades.

A HUGE mistake saw a vase valued at hundreds of pounds go on to sell for a whopping £53million. Airing in the 1960s and 1970s, BBC programme Going for a Song was somewhat of a precursor to the ...

A prized Chinese vase dismissed by a BBC antiques expert as merely a 'clever reproduction' went on to sell for £53million after sitting in a loft for four decades. The fate of the Qianlong ...

The vase was woefully undervalued on the BBC decades prior, then sold for millions (Picture: BBC/PA) An incredibly valuable vase claimed to be worth just hundreds of pounds on a BBC show then sold ...