Chinese wine cup fetches over three times the high estimate.
March 2010, New York, at Christie’s Fine Chinese ceramics and works of art including property from the Arthur M. Sackler collections, the hammer came down on the sale of a rare Doucai wine cup from 17th century, Qing dynasty. The wine cup was estimated to sell for $50,000 to $70,000 yet after a heated bidding war, the wine cup sold for $242,500. The auction’s sale total, reported by Christie’s was $22,605,250.
Christies Images Ltd. 2010
Fine ceramics bowls sell for over six times high estimate
Sotheby’s Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art in London on the 13th May 2009 brought in a respectable £3,886,175, selling 64% by lot and 73% by value. Christie’s Fine Chinese Ceramics and World of Art held a day earlier in London raised even more - £6,371,375. The top lot sold at Christies was this pair of fine and rare imperial doucai chicken bowls that sold for an extraordinary £1,721,250 – well over its estimate of £150,000 - £250,000.
Christie’s Images Ltd. 2009
A collection of ceramics made by the art deco inspired artist Clarice Cliff sold for £220,000 on the 18th March 2009. The 100 piece collection included vases, jugs and pots, the highlight of which was a triangular vase, Red Café, which sold for £90,000.
