UK man finds 600-yr-old Ming jade dog worth £10k in £1 car boot sale box
A rare 600-year-old Chinese jade dog, purchased for £1 at a UK car boot sale, is expected to fetch up to £10,000 at auction. Experts confirmed the artifact dates back to the early Ming dynasty.
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A rare Chinese jade dog believed to be more than 600 years old could fetch up to £10,000 at auction after being bought for just £1 at a car boot sale in the UK.According to The Sun, the 8.5cm-long carved animal, made from mottled black and green jade, is believed to date back to the early years of the Ming dynasty, between around 1380 and 1420. It depicts a seated, recumbent dog with its head turned backwards and its legs and tail curled up.The remarkable discovery was made just two months ago when a buyer spotted the seemingly ordinary object at a car boot sale.
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