Lockdown discovery: Chinese wine vessel found in garage sold for $500K
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A tiny teapot-shaped antique was discovered in a garage in England while cleaning during the lockdown and was sold for £390,000 ($497,000). The British auction house Hansons described it as the 'find of the year' and the item was identified as a rare 18th-century wine vessel known as an ewer. It carried the mark of China's Qianlong Emperor and weighed 362g only. The owner had inherited the item from his grandfather.