600 years old !

[Stephen J]

Pretty amazing if you think about it !:yes:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upsho...vase-will-make-retired-factory-worker-wealthy

 

[voltcontrol]

Quite the find.

A lot of art/collectible stuff got displaced through the years but here especially during WWII. Some Rembrandts popped up in peoples attics etc.. Lucky s*ds.

 

[bhundu]

Thanks for sharing. Amazing something so fragile has lasted so long. To think of how many "guardians" this thing must have had over the years.

 

[DaWoofer]

I'm sure there's much more "misplaced" treasures from the Nazi thieving bastards that are still "around."

 

[stereofanboy]

That something so fragile has lasted so long is indeed amazing, but what I found most amazing in that article was the use of the words press and refrain in the same sentence.

 

[Mark W.]

I'm sure there's much more "misplaced" treasures from the Nazi thieving bastards that are still "around."

Not to excuse the Nazi's. They were not the only ones that did thieving during WWII.

Japan has for decades been trying to find and return the Swords that were packed off during the war and especially during the Occupation. Some of these Japanese swords are worth as much as Rembrants. It is said their is still more of Japans National Treasures (the swords from the great makers) in the USA then Japan.

 

[Sam Cogley]

Not to excuse the Nazi's. They were not the only ones that did thieving during WWII.

Japan has for decades been trying to find and return the Swords that were packed off during the war and especially during the Occupation. Some of these Japanese swords are worth as much as Rembrants. It is said their is still more of Japans National Treasures (the swords from the great makers) in the USA then Japan.

IMHO: if you start a war, you don't get to whine about what you lose in the end. I'm all for repatriating artworks and artifacts stolen from the rest of Europe, but if they originated in Germany, tough luck. Don't be so stupid next time.

 

[Arkay]

Without going into looted artworks in or after wartime (a complex subject), it is pretty cool that the vase in the OP has survived so long, and just turns up that way. The kind of "dream find" we all daydream about making.

The fact that such finds happen periodically makes you wonder how much "treasure" is sitting (or hanging) out there in people's homes, with unsuspecting owners. Could any of your things be worth a small (or big) fortune? It would be fascinating to have some kind of "X-ray eyes" that could detect such things within a city, just to see how many unknown masterpieces and long-lost treasures are being ignored, waiting to be discovered by someone with more knowledgeable eyes. But that isn't possible; if it were, the things wouldn't be sitting around neglected for long!

 

[Sam Cogley]

What's amazing about this particular vase isn't just that it's so old, or a very collectible Ming Dynasty piece - it's apparently the largest vase of it's type known to exist. Finding a rather pedestrian piece of Ming china for peanuts would be amazing, but to find a real statement piece is unbelievable.

 

[Stephen J]

It just hard for me to imagine something so fragile,being moved place to place,
literally traveling thousands of mile from where it was made,being handled by God knows how many people,and not suffering any damage for 600 YEARS !
Hard to "wrap my head" around the possibility.If that piece could only talk....