乾隆時期花瓶以1620萬歐元落錘 曾沉寂閣樓數十載

A long-forgotten and rare Chinese imperial vase discovered in the attic of a family home in France was sold for 16.2 million euros at Sotheby's in Paris.

日前，一隻稀有的中國古代花瓶在巴黎蘇富比拍賣行以1620萬歐元的價格落錘，這隻長期被遺忘的花瓶是在一個法國家庭的閣樓裏發現的。

The sale was more than 30 times the estimate as experts set a guide price for the vase decorated with deer and cranes at 500,000 euros.

該花瓶飾有梅花鹿和丹頂鶴的圖案，專家建議預估價50萬歐元，最終的拍賣價是估價的30多倍。

Reuters reported that the buyer was Asian but the auction house did not wish to reveal the name or nationality. The amount is the highest ever recorded for Chinese porcelain by the auction house in Paris.

據路透社報道，花瓶的買家是一名亞洲人，但拍賣行不願透露買家的姓名和國籍。此次競拍金額刷新了巴黎蘇富比拍賣行拍賣中國瓷器的最高成交價記錄。

Sotheby's said the vase is the only known example of its kind and it was produced by the Jingdezhen workshops for the magnificent courts of the Qianlong Emperor.

蘇富比表示，這隻花瓶是目前已知的唯一擁有此圖樣的花瓶，是景德鎮官窯爲乾隆皇帝華麗的宮殿製作的。

The 18th century porcelain vase was found by chance in an attic by its owners, who then brought the vase to the auction house in a shoebox for valuation.

這隻18世紀的瓷花瓶是在一個閣樓裏被其主人偶然發現的。隨後這位主人把該花瓶裝在了一個鞋盒裏，帶到拍賣行以供估價。

"This is a major work of art, it is as if we had just discovered a Caravaggio," Olivier Valmier, the Asian arts expert at the auction house, said before the sale.

蘇富比拍賣行的亞洲藝術品專家奧利弗·瓦拉米耶在拍賣前表示：“這是一件重要的藝術品，就好像我們剛剛發現了卡拉瓦喬一樣。”