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Paris auction fetches $22m for Chinese imperial seal

India Blooms News Service | | Dec 15, 2016, at 05:54 pm

#China #ImperialSeal #EmperorQianlong #ChineseMonarch #Auction #Paris

Paris, Dec 15 (IBNS): Following a heated bidding war, an 18th century Chinese imperial seal sold for a whopping $18 million in Paris on Wednesday, reports said.

The piece sold for more than 20 times its estimated value, BBC reported.

The seal belonged to Emperor Qianlong, one of the longest serving Chinese monarch.

image: Wikimedia Commons

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