A RARE Chinese vase found among a box of bric-a-brac by a Scottish bargain hunter has failed to sell at auction.
Edinburgh auctioneers Lyon and Turnbull have refused to say how much the reserve price on the vase was, but did confirm the bidding stopped at £75,000.
The silver Tang vase – which dates from the ninth or 10th century – went under the hammer at Blenheim Palace after being found in a cardboard box at a sale in Scotland.
The anonymous seller, thought to be from the Scottish Borders, paid only around £100 for the rare artifact which is said to be worth approximately £120,000.
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