An 18th-century Chinese vase fetched a staggering 43 million pounds (US$69.2 million dollars, 50.7 million euros), an auction record for Chinese art on 11 Nov 2010 in a sale at a small London auction house.
The 16-inch (40-centimetre) Qianlong porcelain vase which dates from around 1740, is decorated with a "humorous fish" motif and has an elaborate construction which allows one to look through perforations in the outer vase to see a smaller vase inside.
The price is thought to be the highest ever paid for a Chinese artwork at auction, beating an 11th-century Song dynasty scroll which sold for 65.8 million dollars at a Beijing Poly International Auction in June 2010.
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