$3 Chinese Bowl Sells for $2 Million

Hyperallergic
Mar 20, 2013 7:10PM

From the sheer amount of amazing Chinese pottery discovered at random tag sales, you’d think front yards were just crawling with thousand-year-old vases. Sotheby’s just sold a Chinese bowl from the Northern Song Dynasty for $2.2 million. It was originally bought for a meager $3.

Image: Norther Song Dynasty Ding bowl (Image courtesy Sotheby’s)

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