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The price of antique Imperial Chinese wares is often hard to predict, although the best auction houses know clearly to identify the top pieces. Yesterday in London, Bonhams sold for £ 1.1 million charge included a blue and white Jiajing jar. The lower estimate had been 180 K£ only, but Bonhams had published two press releases for it, showing that they understood the true value of this lot. So i…