Cracked vase fetches £750,000 at auction

A CRACKED vase discovered in an elderly couple's spare bedroom fetched £750,000 at auction yesterday after experts found it was an 18th century Chinese masterpiece.

By The Newsroom

Published 11th Feb 2010, 19:32 BST

Updated 11th Feb 2010, 19:37 BST

The owners, from Purbeck, Dorset. said to be of "modest" means, were unaware the object sitting in their home was made in 1740 for the Emperor Qianlong.