Qing Dynasty bowl set for record price
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AN extremely rare Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) bowl — one of only three known to exist — is expected to fetch US$25.6 million and could even break the record for Chinese ceramics, auction house Sotheby’s said yesterday.
Measuring 14.7 centimeters in diameter, the dainty pink bowl is decorated with falangcai (painted enamels combining Chinese and Western techniques) and flowers, including daffodils which are not typically depicted on Chinese porcelain.
Hong Kong’s auction houses have seen frenzied bidding among Asian buyers in recent years, with sales of diamonds, handbags and ancient ceramics shattering world records.
Sotheby’s Hong Kong expects the Qing Dynasty bowl, used by the Kangxi Emperor in the 1720s, to make history again in an upcoming sale on April 3.
“Definitely we will see the most important collectors of Chinese porcelain active,” deputy chairman for Sotheby’s Asia Nicolas Chow said. “We will see quite a battle this season.”
The bowl was created in an imperial workshop within Beijing’s Forbidden City by a small team of craftsmen, with the help of Jesuits from Europe, according to Sotheby’s.
Last year, a 1,000-year-old bowl from the Song Dynasty sold for US$37.7 million, setting a record for Chinese ceramics.
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