A few weeks ago a very important Asian antique was purchased at the Sunbury Antiques Market, Kempton Park.

Held on the second and last Tuesday of each month at Kempton Park Racecourse since 1979, Sunbury Antique Gallery Market has become one of the UK's best and most popular antiques venues. Up to seven hundred stallholders may attend on any market day. Two indoor areas beneath the stands hold up to three hundred and fifty tables laden with vintage and antique objects of all kinds. While outside a very large area can hold another three hundred and fifty cars and vans spilling out their wares onto tables and the ground. For one lucky guy a recent trip to Kempton turned out better than winning the lottery.

Amongst the bric-a-brac he found an Asian antique treasure, a Chinese vase of great beauty, rarity and value. The vase, a large example of Chinese Qing period, Beijing enamel work, bearing the sealmark of the Qinglong Emperor (1736 - 1795) and of the period, is 15inches(38cm) high. The square section baluster body, with metal ring handles, is enameled all over with a floral decoration on a blue ground and four painted panels containing European landscape scenes, including buildings and figures. The vase is in good condition, considering the fragility of the enamel, but there is a small amount of superficial damage, currently being restored by an expert.

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