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Comment by Pierre Tavlitzki on August 17, 2008 at 3:40pm

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Eight sculptures from Nepal, Tibet and Kashmir come at Christie's in New York on September 15, conducted by an Avalokiteshvara bronze ($ 1.2 million). In the same sale is included a millennium old Shiva Nataraja bronze (1 M $) and three thangkas (600, 400 and 400 K $).

Comment by Pierre Tavlitzki on August 9, 2008 at 6:46pm

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An Imperial scroll for the glory of Qianlong comes at Sotheby's in Hong Kong on October 8. (80 MHK$).

Comment by Pierre Tavlitzki on July 26, 2008 at 9:47pm

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A rare sweet white Ming vase will be sold by Christie's in New York on September 17 ($ 600 K).

Comment by Pierre Tavlitzki on May 24, 2008 at 4:46pm

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For the benefit of works of charity, half of it for relief in Sichuan, Christie's Hong Kong sells on May 27 a Qianlong glass enamel brushpot (Lot 1665). Its owner had acquired it at the same place last fall for 67.5 MHK$ fees included. The announcement was released on May 20.

Comment by Pierre Tavlitzki on May 11, 2008 at 4:03pm

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The Gazette de l'Hotel Drouot presents this week in one of its pages of publicity a two-body Jiajing vase, 33 cm high, to sell on June 17 in Paris by the very new AuctionArt auction house.

Comment by Pierre Tavlitzki on May 4, 2008 at 6:18pm

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In London on May 14 at Sotheby' s, there is an imperial Boddhisattva Yongle bronze of 24 cm high (300 K£, lot 648) and an exceptional group of Tang silver bowls (maximum 350 K£).

On June 25 at Drouot, Ader sells a blue and white Yuan dish of 46 cm. Seen in cover of the Gazette de l'Hotel Drouot and on page of entry of the site of the auction house, this very elegant porcelain should not hesitate to exceed its estimate (400 K€).

Comment by Pierre Tavlitzki on May 4, 2008 at 11:08am

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(0203) On May 27, in Hong Kong, Christie's present fifteen clocks from eighteenth century coming from a Tokyo museum being renovated. The most important are musical automated clocks, some of them from Guangzhou workshops (4.5, 2.5, 2 and 1.5 MHK$), and an English one to 4.5 MHK$.

(1304) A pair of eagles in Arita is estimated 300 K£ by Christie's in London on May 14.

(2704) The session of auction sales of Christie' s in Hong Kong will take place from 22 to 29 May. After the excellent results of the very recent week of Sotheby's in that city, we will look at these sales with attention.

(2704) In cover of the Gazette de l'Hôtel Drouot of this week, we see an imperial Kangxi seal of large size (14x10x10 cm), to sell on June 14 by Herve Chassaing in Toulouse. 500 K€ are waited for this object made of steatite.