Tianjin's Porcelain House to be auctioned in August

A foreign visitor takes a photo of the Porcelain House in Tianjin, April 29, 2017. [Photo/VCG]

Is it really worth that much?

A netizen who visited the Porcelain House of Tianjin said seeing that many chips embedded in the ceiling made them "suffer trypophobia".

In a photography forum, someone looking to visit the house asked veteran photographers how to beautifully shoot the house. "Don't bother. It's ugly," said another surfing the forum.

Beijing News also interviewed several visitors at the museum. "Special. Not like other museums," and "Very odd," were some of the answers.

But Zhang Lianzhi, the house owner, said he was just trying to pass on porcelain culture and it's inevitable that it won't satisfy everyone.

Besides aesthetics, the authenticity of the porcelain is also doubted.

Bian Zhengming, a cultural relic expert, said most of the porcelain chips decorating the house walls or ceilings were from the late Qing Dynasty and some of them are just modern pieces, much different from Zhang's claims.