A rare porcelain moon flask that belonged to the 18th century Chinese Emperor Qianlong has been sold for 4.1 million euros ($4.8 million) after a bidding war at an auction in France.
The blue, white and celadon flask - more than 200-years-old - was bought by a French woman who outbid 17 Chinese buyers during a sale that lasted about ten-minutes, according to auctioneers who described the buy as "historic and legendary". The final sale including fees totalled more than 5 million euros - ten times the auction's opening price of 500,000 euros.