Professional antique collectors have poured scorn on an 'amateurish' sale of ink stones, brushes, paperweights and many other collectibles by the nephew of the last emperor
'It's no different from a flea market,' said one, noting that the Beijing event lacked a catalogue and some items were mislabelled.
Aisin Gioro Yulan, or Jin Yulan as he is commonly known, has not been coy about using his family name to generate publicity for his collection.
'You can say that I use the family name to my advantage,' he said. 'I get free use of the exhibition hall.'
His father, Aisin Gioro Puren or Jin Youzhi, is the youngest brother of the boy emperor Puyi, who was put on the throne at the age of three and deposed at six.
Mr Jin said he owed his love of collecting to his father, who crammed their living quarters with fine objects of art and took delight in practising calligraphy.
