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Art: Vase sold for $5.2m, 10,000 times its original price

A Chinese vase was sold for a record $5.18 million at a Geneva auction house last week, 10,000 times its original valued price. According to the catalogue of Geneve-Encheres auction house, the 60-centimeter-tall vase, which depicts three blue dragons against a yellow backdrop, is from the early 20th century and it has an unverified mark most likely of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).