ASHBURN, Va. – A pair of yellow-ground ‘peony’ bowls raced away from a $100-$200 estimate to hammer for $80,000 ($102,400 with buyer’s premium) at Oakridge Auction Gallery on March 15. They came for sale from a gentleman in Tacoma, Washington and a collection formed by relatives in China during the early 1900s. All 227 lots […]

Chinese Export Tobacco Leaf Pattern Sauce Tureen, Cover, and Underplate with Eggplant Form, $52,400 CHICAGO – The so-called tobacco leaf patterns picked out in famille rose enamels are among the most luxurious of all China trade porcelain, although the popular name is something of a misnomer. Once thought to depict the flowering nicotiana plant, the design […]

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