CNN —A hand-sized vase bought from a UK thrift store for just £2.50 ($3.30) is expected to sell for up to £9,000 ($11,800) at auction. Specialists identified the vase as being the work of late Japanese ceramist and cloisonné artist Namikawa Yasuyuki, who lived between 1845 and 1927, the release added. The Canterbury Auction GalleriesCloisonné is an intricate enameling technique which involves soldering delicate metal strips or wire, bent to an outline of a design, to a metal surface. The couple selling it plans to give a “generous donation” to the charity shop where they found the item, according to the auction house. A larger vase by the same artist sold at Canterbury Auction Galleries for £29,000 ($38,000) in April 2019, the release added.

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Persons: “, Ahmet, ”, Karen, “ He’s, Namikawa Yasuyuki, Yasuyuki’s, Cliona Kilroy, Namikawa Sōsuke, ” Kilroy Organizations: CNN, Canterbury Locations: English, Surrey, London, Canterbury, Yasuyuki’s Kyoto, enamelling, Japan