A small bowl bought for $35 at a home in Connecticut turned out to be a rare piece of ancient Chinese art. The bowl is worth between $300,000 and $500,000. It will soon go up for sale at an auction, an event at which things are sold to the people who offer to pay the most. The white bowl has blue paintings of flowers and other designs. It is about 16 centimeters across. The company holding the auction, Sotheby's, says the object was found at a yard sale in the New Haven area last year. A yard sale is a sale of used objects held at the seller's home. A collector of old objects, or antiques, saw the bowl at the sale and thought it could be something special.
What is an antique?
an object that has a high value because of its considerable age
a new piece of furniture
an auction house
any kind of furniture
What does the white bowl look like?
it has red paintings of flowers
it is covered in black paint
it has blue paintings of flowers and other designs
it has a large crack
The small bowl was found at a yard sale in Connecticut.
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