Chinese Works of Art
This sector comprises art and antiques from China including works from the Han, Tang, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.
There is a market for pieces of all ages and rarity from ancient Neolithic jades right up to ceramics made in the Republic era. The increased interest and purchasing power from Mainland China since the late 1990s has led to a significant rise of prices.
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Classic Chinese sleeper as table soars to 300 times the low estimate
08 July 2024A recent sale of Asian art at Marques Dos Santos (19/17.48% buyer’s premium) in Porto included a classic Chinese sleeper.
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Chinese jar at 410 times the low estimate
08 July 2024There was saleroom drama at Aste di Antiquariato Boetto (25% buyer’s premium) in Genoa on June 19 when a 12in (30cm) Chinese blue and white jar estimated at €2000-2300 shot to €820,000 (£692,000).
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Toxicologist with style and substances when it came to life and collecting
01 July 2024Estimated at $15,000-20,000 but hammering for $135,000 (£107,000), the highlight of the Asian works of art sale at Tenmoku (28/25/20% buyer’s premium) was a Chinese white-glazed incised dragon vase.
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A family provenance to chew on: collection bought with proceeds of a biscuit empire
01 July 2024Two days needed to disperse items collected over generations thanks to biscuit production success
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Daoguang bowls left in attic fetch £162,000 at auction
28 June 2024A box of Chinese porcelain left in an attic in the Lincolnshire Wolds for more than two decades sold for £162,000 at auction.
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Auction audience avid as Chinese export oil comes to the rostrum
10 June 2024A Chinese export oil showing a Qing emperor at court led a single-owner dispersal at Tremont Auctions (27% buyer’s premium) in Sudbury, Massachusetts, on May 5.
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It’s a wrap at $120,000 as Qing knotted cloth vase shines in LA
10 June 2024A Qing vase later converted to a lamp sailed beyond expectations at an Andrew Jones Collections & Estates sale.
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Chinese artist’s silk robe emerges at Paris auction
05 June 2024The auction house Aponem is selling works from the collection amassed by the Franco-Chinese artist, pianist, painter and poet Cheng Zhifan (1924-2021) who came to France in 1951.
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Marble reliefs impress at sale of George Farrow collection at Roseberys
04 June 2024The ornate collection of 567 lots including tapestries and bronze sculptures from China, the Middle East and Europe went under the hammer at the London auction house
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Chinese vase stands tall at Spanish auction
13 May 2024A classic of the large blue and white forms of Yuan dynasty porcelain comes to auction in Spain
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Chinese vase goes over the moon with 140-times estimate price
29 April 2024The stand-out performance in the March series of Asian art sales was a Qing monochrome clair-de-lune bottle vase offered by Freeman’s Hindman (26% buyer’s premium) in Chicago on March 24.
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Florida museum reveals purchase of early Chinese artefact alongside donation of 700 prints
08 April 2024The Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida has purchased an early Northern Song Dynasty stoneware box from a private US collector for a six-figure sum.
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Xuande period suspected, £43,000 hammer resulted
08 April 2024This 8in (19cm) high vase may belong to a select group of Ming cloisonné enamel vases dating to the Xuande period (1426-35).
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Sleeping clair-de-lune bottle vase from Ohio yeast magnate rises to six-figure sum
03 April 2024The stand-out performance in the March series of Asian art sales was a Qing monochrome clair-de-lune bottle vase.
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Dealer buys second Celestial Cup at auction
01 April 2024The latest sale of Fine Asian Art at Alastair Gibson Auctions in London included a particularly impressive example of 19th century Chinese export silver.
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Qing Dynasty charger is one to rabbit on about
18 March 2024An early 18th century, Qing Dynasty, Chinese blue and white painted porcelain charger caused the biggest surprise at the March 2 sale held by Kendzia (16% buyer’s premium) in Hamburg.
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Marathon Withers collection sale brings £1.28m rewards
18 March 2024“He stored everything like Russian dolls, everything packed away into something else."
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Sleeper in Portsmouth: Chinese vases removed from attic make thousands of times estimate
08 March 2024Following an extraordinary 20 minutes of bidding, a pair of Chinese vases now hold the house record at Portsmouth firm Nesbits Auctions.
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Vietnamese inspired bleu de Hue porcelain in high demand
19 February 2024A Chinese blue and white dish recognised by bidders as a fine example of bleu de Hue porcelain flew to $26,000 (£20,500).
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News in brief including a stolen Chinese bronze vessel recovered and returned
12 February 2024A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including an ancient Chinese bronze vessel stolen 40 years ago being recovered after emerging at Sotheby’s.
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