(laughs) APPRAISER: Well, this is a Chinese porcelain bowl, and what captured my eye was, first of all, the brilliant copper-red glaze and ... that there's a reign mark on the underside.

The giant Chinese porcelain fish bowls had been ignored ... They measure 18 by 21 inches and are stamped with the iron-red Dayazhai character mark enclosed within an oval medallion with a dragon ...