2013 Spring auction totals 2.57 billion yuan

Porcelain, Furniture and Works of Art

The porcelain, furniture and artworks department brought in 530 million yuan. Imperial art remains the most sought-after antique among the collectors, while religious art is on the rise.

A fine imperial white jade "自强不息" (zi qiang bu xi) seal from the Qing Dynasty

A blue and white and famille-rose vase from the Qing Dynasty

Sales of porcelain and works of art made for Qing Dyansty emperors realized 162 million yuan. The top lots included a fine imperial white jade "自强不息" (zi qiang bu xi) seal (66.7 million yuan), a khotan jade dragon seal (34.5 million yuan), and a blue and white and famille-rose vase, which quintupled its pre-sale estimate to sell for 27.02 million yuan.

Among the gilt-bronze Buddhist images, the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva with the inscription of "da ming yongle nian shi" ("made in the Ming Dynasty") sold for 15.65 million yuan.

In addition, the Jia Shu Tang collection of ancient Chinese embroidered articles earned 17 million yuan. Other notable results included a bowl-shaped bronze censer (2.53 million yuan), a huanghuali display cabinet with crane and dragon design (8.28 million yuan), and a waisted luohan bed with seven screens and western motifs (2.99 million yuan).

Among the modern artworks, a shoushan tianhuang stone seal sold for 13.22 million yuan, Happiness Pot by Gu Jingzhou and Han Meilin for 8.28 million yuan, and a high-temperature color-glazed porcelain plaque for 1.84 million yuan.

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