Chinese works create pleasant surprises for US auctioneers
Offered for sale as ‘a Chinese porcelain teapot’ with a $100-1000 estimate, a famille rose Buddhist ewer with a Qianlong mark hammered for $200,000 at Hill Auction Gallery (30/28/25% buyer’s premium) in Sunrise, Florida, on October 29. No date or period was given.
Ewers of this distinctive form with a curved spout issuing from the moulded makara head are known a…