Chinese Samovars & Coffee Urns

Chinese Blue and White Fish Jar in the Yuan Style, $1.1 Million GENOA, Italy – There was saleroom drama at Aste di Antiquariato Boetto on June 19 when a 12in (30cm) Chinese blue and white jar estimated at €2,000-€2,300 ($2,150-$2,470) shot to €820,000 ($880,300), ultimately selling for €1 million ($1.1 million) with buyer’s premium. While […]

FAIRFIELD, NJ – Estimated at $15,000-$20,000 but hammering for $135,000, the highlight of the May 29 Asian works of art sale at Tenmoku Auctions was a Chinese white-glazed and incised dragon vase. Converted into a lamp at some point in the first half of the 20th century (but not drilled to accommodate a wire), it […]

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 […]