Top Ten Chinese Works of Art Sold in Hong Kong Autumn Auction 2019

The October auction week in Hong Kong just ended amid the ongoing political tensions in Hong Kong and uncertainty in global markets. Numerous rare Chinese art pieces still managed to fetch high prices at auction, in which a Qianlong Falangcai pouch-shaped glass vase realised the highest price at auction this season. Here we have made a list of the top ten Chinese works of art sold at auction this autumn in Hong Kong

1st: A Highly Important and Superbly Painted Beijing Enamel Falangcai Pouch-shaped Glass Vase
Blue Enamel Mark and Period of Qianlong | Le Cong Tang Collection

Lot no: 1
Height: 18.2cm
Provenance (consolidated by The Value):

Collection of Yixin, the first Prince Gong (1833-1898), by repute.
Collection of Abel W. Bahr (1877-1959), Shanghai.
Collection of Paul (1902-1987) and Helen Bernat, Brookline, Greater Boston, Mass.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 15th November 1988, lot 75. (Acquired by Hong Kong tycoon Joseph Lau)
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 29th October 2000, lot 2. (Acquired by Robert Tsao, owner of Le Cong Tang, for HK$24.2m)

Estimate: in excess of HK$200,000,000
Hammer price: HK$180,000,000
Price realised: HK$207,086,000

2nd: An Exceptionally Rare Anhua-Decorated Blue and White ‘Dragon’ Stem Bowl
Mark and Period of Xuande

Lot no.: 3606
Diameter: 15.6cm
Provenance:

Christie's London, 1st April 1968, lot 121.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 24th November 1981, lot 65.
Collection of T.Y. Chao (1912-1999).
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 20th May 1986, lot 15.

Estimate: in excess of HK$60,000,000
Hammer price: HK$64,000,000
Price realised: HK$74,962,000

3rd: A Superbly Painted Blue and White 'day Lily' Palace Bowl
Mark and Period of Chenghua

Auction house: Sotheby’s Hong Kong
Lot no.: 1002
Size: 14.9cm
Estimate: in excess of HK$50,000,000
Provenance (consolidated by The Value): Collection of Alan Chuang
Hammer price: HK$48,000,000
Price realised: HK$56,738,000

4th: A Magnificent and Extremely Rare Copper-red and Underglaze-Blue ‘Dragon’ Vase, Tianqiuping
Qianlong Period, 1736-1795

Auction house: Poly Auction Hong Kong
Height: 48.1cm
Provenance:

Jingguantang Collection, The Tsui Museum of Art, Hong Kong
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 29 October 1991, lot. 192
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 29 October 2000, lot. 6
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 27 April 2003, "The World of Qianlong", lot. 48
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 31 October 2004, "Dragon Emperor", lot. 22
The Ten-views Lingbi Rock Retreat Collection, no. EK253

Estimate: HK$20,000,000 - 30,000,000
Hammer price: HK$48,000,000
Price realised: HK$56,640,000

5th: A Fine and Exceptional Famille-Rose 'Prunus and Lingzhi' Bowl
Mark and Period of Yongzheng

Lot no.: 3605
Diameter: 10.1cm
Provenance:

Christie's London, 29th June 1964, lot 170.
Collection of Frederick Knight.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 18th May 1982, lot 43.

Estimate: HK$12,000,000 - 15,000,000
Hammer price: HK$24,000,000
Price realised: HK$28,975,000

6th: A Fine and Very Rare Robin’s Egg-glazed Double-gourd Vase, Yongzheng Period, 1723-1735

Auction house: Poly Auction Hong Kong
Height: 17.7cm
Provenance:

Sotheby's Hong Kong, 1 November 1999, lot. 348
An Important Private Chinese Collection
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 October 2006, lot. 1010
The Ten-views Lingbi Rock Retreat Collection, no. EK303

Estimate: HK$16,000,000 - 22,000,000
Hammer price: HK$21,000,000
Price realised: HK$24,780,000

7th: A Rare White-glazed Seated Figure of a Lion (Sui to Early Tang Dynasty, 7th Century)

Auction house: China Guardian (Hong Kong)
Height: 21.5cm
Provenance:

Sir William Aykroyd (1865-1947), Dorset
Christie’s London, 20 May 1968, lot 525
Eskenazi Ltd., London, no. C4147
J. J. Lally & Co. Oriental Art, New York, no.4470

Estimate: HK$6,000,000 - 8,000,000
Hammer price: HK$18,500,000
Price realised: HK$21,425,000

8th: An Extremely Rare Large Blue and White Altar Vase
Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period, Dedicatory Inscription of Tang Ying, Dated 1741

Auction house: Sotheby’s Hong Kong
Height: 66.4cm
Estimate: HK$3,000,000 - 4,000,000
Hammer price: HK$17,000,000
Price realised: HK$20,575,000

8th: A Rare Turquoise-ground Famille-Rose 'Hui Mountain Retreat' Teapot and Cover
Seal Mark and Period of Qianlong

Auction house: Sotheby’s Hong Kong
Lot no.: 3608
Height: 17.4cm
Provenance:

An old Scottish private collection, since the 19th century.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 27th October 1992, lot 156.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 2nd May 2000, lot 646.

Estimate: HK$12,000,000 - 15,000,000
Hammer price: HK$17,000,000
Price realised: HK$20,575,000

10th: A Rare and Very Fine White Jade Vermilion Bird-shaped Lamp
Western Han Dynasty (202 BC-AD 8)

Auction house: China Guardian (Hong Kong)
Height: 17cm
Provenance: A Taiwanese private collection
Estimate: HK$5,000,000 - 7,000,000
Hammer price: HK$17,000,000
Price realised: HK$19,700,000

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