Pair Of Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Vases Sells For $1.2 Million At Doyle New York's Asian Works Of Art Auction
Highlighting the sale was a pair of 19th-century Chinese Famille Rose glazed porcelain covered vases that achieved a stunning $1,205,000, shattering the pre-sale estimate of $10,000-$15,000. Measuring 16 inches in height and bearing the Qianlong seal mark, the vases were decorated with blossoming branches on a turquoise ground.
Chinese jades in the sale featured a pair of 19th-century white jade chrysanthemum-shape bowls from the collection of Jerome M. and Rhoda S. Fischer. Measuring 6.0875 inches in diameter, the bowls soared past their estimate of $30,000-$50,000, fetching a surprising $100,000. From the same collection was a pair of 18th-century light celadon jade cups, 4.5 inches in diameter, that sold for $56,250, well over their estimate of $25,000-$35,000.
The selection of Chinese scholars' objects was highlighted by a Qing Dynasty agarwood sceptre measuring 17.5 inches in length. Elaborately carved as a fruiting gourd vine and in very good condition, the sceptre achieved a stunning $81,250, many times its estimate of $15,000-$25,000.
Chinese furniture also performed very strongly at the auction. A large zitan table estimated at $30,000-$50,000 fetched $93,750, a pair of 19th/20th-century huanghuali horseshoe back armchairs estimated at $4,000-$6,000 sold for a surprising $56,250, and an 18th/19th-century hanghuali side table estimated at $3,000-$5,000 achieved an equally impressive $40,625.
With competitive bidding, the sale totaled $3,311,438, more than doubling its estimate of $1,048,600-$1,597,100, with 79 percent sold by lot and 94 percent by value.
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