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marzo 05, 2018 - Sotheby

Sotheby’s Hong Kong Chinese Works of Art Spring Sales 2018 to take place on 3 April

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Hong Kong, 1 March 2018 Sotheby’s #hongkong Chinese Works of Art Spring Sale Series 2018 will take place on 3 April at #hongkong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The series will be led by the superbly enamelled, fine and exceedingly rare H.M. Knight Pink-Ground Falangcai Bowl (pictured above), a rediscovered imperial heirloom handscroll by Qian Weicheng, bequeathed by the last Emperor Pu Yi to his younger brother Pu Jie (dedicated release available upon request) and sutras. Anchored by a strong line-up of Qing pieces, the series of six sales will offer about 300 lots with a total estimate of nearly HK$730 million / US$93.5 million*.

Nicolas Chow, Deputy Chairman, Sotheby’s Asia, International Head and Chairman, Chinese Works of Art, comments, “There is extraordinary quality and breadth in our offerings of Chinese art this season, with possibly the finest assemblage of Qing porcelain on offer in recent memory. The H. M. Knight Gold-Pink Falangcai Bowl ranks without question among the very finest Imperially enamelled porcelains made for the personal use of the Kangxi emperor, whilst the Ruby-Ground Sgraffito bottle vase and the unusually large Lemon-Yellow Ground and Blue Tianqiuping both testify to the exceedingly high levels of craftsmanship achieved at the Imperial kilns during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor. The two magnificent sets of Imperial Wisdom Sutras, by Imperial order of the Ming Emperor Xuande in the first part of the 15th century, are the finest manuscripts to have been produced during the dynasty and no Chinese manuscript of this importance has ever been offered at auction.”

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