Two famille rose porcelain plaques sold for $463,000. Michaan’s Auctions image.
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The star of the day was lot 7435 consisting of two famille rose porcelain plaques. The Republic period pieces by Wang Qi (1884-1937) were a rare find, resulting in a rapid succession of phone and live bids that pushed the final sale to an amazing result: $463,000. The pair was estimated at $20,000-$30,000.
The plaques reflected the overall success of the ceramics offered.
Some noteworthy ceramic lots included a folding screen inset with porcelain plaques that sold for $59,000 (lot 7431, est. $20,000-$30,000), four miniature Republic period plaques (lot 7430, $2,000-3,000) that sold for $35,400, and a highly anticipated Yixing molded dragon bowl that realized $38,350 (lot 7395, $30,000-$50,000).
Huanghuali furniture also dazzled bidders, with multiple sales pushing past the $50,000 mark. A pair of horseshoe back armchairs accompanied by a side table sold for $100,300 (lot 7291, $50,000-$70,000), along with a comparable furniture grouping that realized $64,900 (lot 7290, $50,000-$70,000). Yet another pair of huanghuali horseshoe back chairs sped past estimates, selling for $64,900 (lot 7289, $5,000-$7,000). Also of note was an armchair that attained $53,100 (lot 7292, $30,000-$40,000).
Works of art performed well. A prestigious landscape hanging scroll by Shanghai artist and scholar Wu Hufan (1894-1968) also carried a provenance from the Thunig Collection (lot 7342, $50,000-$70,000). The painting sold for $59,000, as did another landscape scroll attributed to artist Tang Yin (1470-1523) listed as lot 7317 at an estimate of $50,000-$70,000. Rounding out sales from the section was an album of 12 fan paintings by Dai Xi (1801-1860) that sold for $26,550 (lot 7328, $6,000-$8,000), an album of 40 albumen silver prints that sold for $26,550 (lot 7354, $8,000-$12,000) and an imperial edict of the Daoguang period (1821-1850) that for $17,700 (lot 7353, $3,000-$5,000).
Categorically, Asian works of art saw a wide variety of top sellers at auction. The top five of the section included a cinnabar lacquer scroll form box (lot 7277, $3,000-$5,000) that sold for $38,350, a pair of cloisonné enamel gourd motif vases (lot 7250, $10,000-$15,000) that sold for $38,350, a gilt splashed bronze vase (lot 7220, $15,000-$20,000) that sold for $35,400, a similar gilt splashed bronze censer (lot 7221, $20,000-$30,000) that sold for $32,450, and a collection of three amber carvings (lot 7253, $5,000-$7,000) that sold for $26,550.
Three lots of carved jades more than tripled estimates. In their order of performance a rare spinach jade double gourd-form wall vase sold for $23,600 (lot 7082, $4,000-$6,000), four Qing dynasty carved pendants made $21,240 (lot 7050, $5,000-$7,000), and a group of three carvings realized $16,520 (lot 7041, $3,000-$5,000).
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ADDITIONAL LOTS OF NOTE
Two famille rose porcelain plaques sold for $463,000. Michaan’s Auctions image. Four small famille rose porcelain plaques sold for $35,400. Michaan’s Auctions image. Set of 16 famille rose porcelain plaques sold for $59,000. Michaan’s Auctions image. Pair of huanghuali horseshoe-back armchairs and a side table sold for $100,300. Michaan’s Auctions image. Wu Hufan (1894-1968) landscape sold for $59,000. Michaan’s Auctions image. Cinnabar lacquer scroll-form box, Qing Dynasty, sold for $38,350. Michaan’s Auctions image. Four jade pendants sold for $21,240. Michaan’s Auctions image.
