GUEST: This Chinese urn ... What this bronze is, I believe, a... an 1843, circa, copy in the style of that ancient bronze. GUEST: I see. APPRAISER: It's called a ding vessel.

Gomez spotted it when helping authenticate ancient Chinese bronze ware two years ago and immediately recognized it as an invaluable ding. He decided to buy it and send it back to China.

A bronze ding (a food vessel ... As a vital documentary medium in Chinese history, bronze and stone artifacts started to record important information before the Qin Dynasty (221BC–206BC).