Each house contains antiques that are passed down from generation to generation. Sometimes people do not even guess what value they carry in themselves. But what happened in one of the Chinese families shocked many.
What happened?
A family from China kept tennis balls in a bronze bowl for many years. They found no other use for her. According to the landlord, she generally lay in the pantry for a long time and was gathering dust. But the son decided that this container fits well into the interior of our hallway, and moved it there. Every day, these people walked near her and did not even think about her uniqueness and value. When the family began to suffer from a lack of money, they invited a specialist in the evaluation of things to their home.
"A woman went from one subject to another, valued them with money that would not help in our situation. The bowl didn’t hook her at all. We think this happened because of tennis balls. Who can attract containers for storage? That is why the woman passed her by, but we did not despair, "says the head of the family.
How did you find her?
The family decided to invite another person for a more objective assessment, because the money was needed urgently. This time the heirloom was spotted right away.
“A man entered our house and immediately fixed his eyes on the dishes. He said something delightfully and ran to the bowl, turned it upside down, examined it again and started screaming! At first we couldn’t even make out why he was doing it. Either he was very glad that he wanted to see something else instead of her and was disappointed, but afterwards we all understood when he explained the whole situation to us. It was this man who gave life to our value, took it to Switzerland and sold it there. our family could not even dream! "
They counted on a hundred dollars, but something incredible happened ...
How much was it sold for?
The bowl was sold at auction for $ 5 million! It turned out to be not so simple. For the Chinese family, it was an ordinary family traditional thing that was passed down from generation to generation. But the experts in whose hands she fell thought otherwise. They conducted a study that showed that the bowl is unique. It was made by a famous master specially commissioned for the emperor.
Earlier, as the documents showed, they already tried to sell the dishes in the British auction house, but it was rejected, because experts considered it a useless fake of the 19th century. Just imagine how badly people were wrong then!
One expert found that the dishes were made by hand from gilded bronze during the Qing Dynasty in 1700. A bowl can be viewed for hours, it consists of hundreds of small parts, each of which stands for something special.
If you look closely, you can see the pens in the form of a phoenix and a golden peony flower. It is these details that symbolize prosperity and happiness in China. And also show belonging to imperial wealth.
So the family was saved from poverty, and the value from the unknown. Now she is in the museum, where hundreds of people come every day and admire her. But six months ago, there were tennis balls in it, but there was no one to admire.