This extremely rare 18th-century Snowflake Blue Yongzheng Vase was made as imperial porcelain ... The children perform a dragon dance, play with musical instruments, carry lanterns, light ...

A spokesman said: "We now believe the vase is probably from the Qing dynasty from the Yongzheng emperor period 1723 to 1735. "There was a hole drilled through the seal mark on the base of the vase.