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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JayBee, post: 441410, member: 9259&quot;]The characters on the base state it was made in the year of Qian Long (Qian Long Nian Zhi) --- not! My guess it&#039;s it is a fairly new piece...</p><p><br /></p><p>... and I do agree that a piece is worth (subjectively) whatever the buyer is willing to pay for it --- just don&#039;t expect to be able to sell it for the same or higher price, unless the next buyer thinks along the same lines.&nbsp; If, however, a piece is authenticated as a genuine (in this case) Qian Long period piece, the value can be considered more &quot;objective&quot; --- even if we all know that often expertise and authentication are far from good insurance and fail miserably![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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