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DOYLE NEW YORK'S ASIAN WORKS OF ART AUCTION ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2006 ATTRACTS STRONG INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
Chinese Gilt-Bronze and Jade Sceptre Sells for $84,000
Doyle New York's Asian Works of Art auction on September 26, 2006 attracted strong competition from an international audience of buyers bidding in the salesroom, on the telephones, and on the Internet. Highlighting the sale was an exquisite Chinese gilt bronze and jade sceptre measuring 19 inches in length that sold for $84,000, well over its pre-sale estimate of $15,000-20,000. Other notable prices were achieved by Chinese porcelains and a collection of Japanese ivory Okimono.
The top lot of the sale was a finely worked 19th century Chinese gilt bronze sceptre inset with bright green celadon and chestnut striated jade carved with sage and deer in a landscape. The bronze was cast with auspicious symbols in relief and chased with scrolling foliage on the reverse, and the handle was inset with white jade four-character mark, resting on a naturalistically carved wood base. The sceptre was set onto a glass-covered case whose base was elaborately carved and pierced with stylized scrolling and with ivory inset paneling. Determined bidders sent the sceptre soaring past the estimate of $15,000-20,000 to achieve an astonishing $84,000 from a bidder in Canada.
Highlighting the fine porcelains in the sale was a Chinese teadust glazed porcelain vase, 12 7/8 inches tall, with an incised Qianlong mark on the base and of the Period. The vase came with the distinguished provenance of the V. Everit Macy Collection. Estimated at $20,000-30,000, the vase sold for a strong $48,000 to a bidder in California. Another high price was achieved by a Ming Dynasty Longquan celadon vase measuring 15 1/8 inches in height, and also from the V. Everit Macy Collection. The vase sailed past its pre-sale estimate of $6,000-8,000 and sold for $32,400 to a bidder in Hong Kong. Other notable porcelains included a Chinese blue and white glazed porcelain jar from the mid 15th century, of ovoid form and measuring 13 inches in height, that sold for $20,400 against an estimate of $8,000-10,000, and a Chinese Longquan celadon censer from the Ming Dynasty, of tapering form and raised on three paw feet, measuring 8 1/2 inches in height, that sold for $19,200, against an estimate of $10,000-15,000.
Attracting a great deal of interest during the exhibition and auction was a pair of Chinese kingfisher feather and hardstone wall hangings from the 19th century. Of rectangular form, the hangings depicted numerous birds with a peacock and a phoenix surrounded by flowers of jade, rose quartz and coral within a deep hardwood frame. Measuring 31 inches in height by 24 inches in width, the hangings sold to a buyer in China for $27,000, well over the pre-sale estimate of $10,000-15,000.
Featured in the sale was a collection of exquisitely worked Japanese ivory Okimoni, which attracted strong interest and achieved equally strong prices. An Okimono of a warrior dating to the 19th century and measuring 15 inches in height sold for $24,000, against a pre-sale estimate of $4,000-6,000, and another Okimono of a warrior, late 19th century, signed So Shun and measuring 14 1/2 inches in height, sold for $22,800, well over the pre-sale estimate of $4,000-6,000.
NEXT ASIAN WORKS OF ART AUCTION
Spring 2007
CONSIGNMENTS ARE CURRENTLY BEING ACCEPTED
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Marley Rabstenek, 212-427-4141, ext. 299, Asian@DoyleNewYork.com
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