figure for the Southern Song dynasty Guan kiln vase valuing ￡ 2.503 billion
Sotheby's auction house in London on May 11 auction total 343 to pottery and porcelain of Chinese antiques, works of art. Total price is expected to reach 11 million pounds, more than 110 million RMB.
In these products that attracted the most attention is a Japan collectors collection from the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279) capital of Lin an (now Hangzhou) official kilns “ ice crack ” vase (see figure).
This vase is expected to price between $ 2 million to 3 million pounds, is expected to be most expensive products will be auctioned the same day.
Sotheby's of product brochures referred to this vase is “ recent ” only to Japan. &Amp;ldquo; Japan from the Nara period (710-794 years), or the Tang dynasty of China (618-907), began importing Chinese pottery and porcelain …… Japan collectors particularly addicted to Song dynasty porcelain produced in China. ”
, With this vase, a total of 14 auction is from Japan collectors.
In addition to pottery, porcelain, the Qing dynasty Jiaqing Emperor (1796-1820) used Imperial jade seal carved dragon also are expected to attract a large number of buyers on the auction day.
This and Tian Yuxi expected price second only to the vase, $ 1 million to 1.5 million.
In addition, the total 343 auction will also include the robes of the Qing dynasty, robe, Tang Dynasty pottery, wooden furniture. The oldest products include jade is a Neolithic House, and Zhou, jade, and so on.
But as of press time, Sotheby's did not press on collectors of identity, the estimated number of parameters, and the availability of such issues as China beat main response.
Early in 1922, Sotheby's in London for their first concert by Chinese art auction. The auction house every two years in Hong Kong after Chinese works of art, New York, Paris, London auctions.
