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Subject:Millon dollar ming vase sold off for only 60K!
Posted By: Corey Mon, Feb 23, 2015 IP: 193.169.154.224

Just sharing a couple of links to see if anyone likes to comment on this sale. Auction results for the Houston auction house ca be found at liveauctioneers.

Xuande mark and period moonflask at Marchant:

http://marchantauctions.auctionflex.com/showlot.ap?co=67611&weid=51564&weiid=17681318&archive=y&lso=lotnumasc&pagenum=1&lang=En

Xuande mark and period moonflask at Christies:

http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/an-important-and-rare-blue-and-white-5747758-details.aspx


/Corey

Subject:Re: Millon dollar ming vase sold off for only 60K!
Posted By: Corey Thu, Mar 05, 2015

And another one, perhaps more relevant with the $600.000 - $800.000 estimate and the lack of provenance. Not that I think it will gain any comments, but then again I'm not really that impressed myself since last year I had luck to acquire a very nice copper red 'gardenia dish' with an incised six-character mark of Xuande that seems to be frank for a little less than 5K. To get a similar one at Christie's or Sotheby's one would probably have to pay $1 million ...



Subject:Re: Millon dollar ming vase sold off for only 60K!
Posted By: Corey Sun, Mar 08, 2015

Forgot to add the link ...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2203612/Rare-Ming-Dynasty-vase-used-DOORSTOP-sells-1-3million.html

Subject:Re: Millon dollar ming vase sold off for only 60K!
Posted By: Corey Wed, Mar 11, 2015

Copper-red Xuande mark and period at Marchant:

http://marchantauctions.auctionflex.com/showlot.ap?co=67611&weid=44328&weiid=15496638&archive=y&lso=lotnumasc&pagenum=2&lang=En

Copper-red Xuande mark and period at Sotheby's:

http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2013/ecwa-myt-v-hk0483/lot.9.html

As an example ...

Subject:Re: Millon dollar ming vase sold off for only 60K!
Posted By: Corey Sun, Mar 15, 2015

And one at sothebys's also:

http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2010/important-chinese-art-the-collection-of-a-parisian-connoisseur-part-ii-hk0344/lot.2170.html


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