Toxicologist with style and substances when it came to life and collecting
Estimated at $15,000-20,000 but hammering for $135,000 (£107,000), the highlight of the Asian works of art sale at Tenmoku (28/25/20% buyer’s premium) was a Chinese white-glazed incised dragon vase.
It had been converted into a lamp at some point in the first half of the 20th century (but not dri…