Chinese buyer snaps up TEFAF’S $12m tapir
One of the highlights of this year’s TEFAF (The European Fine Art Fair) in Maastricht was this delightful Chinese Warring States bronze wine pourer formed as a tapir on the stand of St James’s, London Oriental specialists Littleton and Hennessy.
Made in about the fourth century BC and beautifully inlaid with gold and turquoise, the 11in (26.5cm…