NEW YORK, April 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --
"Our salesrooms were full of Chinese buyers, paddles shot into
the air, and records tumbled all week long. If this is what a
correction feels like, then I sure hope we have one in the autumn
too, because our sales are up 17% over last spring."
- Kevin Ching, Chief Executive
Officer, Sotheby's Asia
"Sotheby's extraordinary success this past week derived from our
unrivalled ability to source fresh and stunning works from all
corners of the earth that appealed to the buyer in Asia."
- Patti
Wong, Chairman, Sotheby's Asia
TOP LOTS
ZHANG DAQIAN, PEACH BLOSSOM
SPRING
SPLASHED-INK-AND-COLOUR ON PAPER, HANGING
SCROLL, 1982
EST. HK$6.5 – 8.4M / US$50 – 65M
SOLD: HK$270,680,000 / US$34,901,479
'DE BEERS MILLENNIUM JEWEL 4', A 10.10–CARAT OVAL–SHAPED
INTERNALLY FLAWLESS FANCY VIVID BLUE DIAMOND
EST. HK$235 – 280M / US$30.3 – 36.1M
SOLD: HK$248,280,000 / US$31,830,769
A FINE, OUTSTANDING AND RARE BLUE AND WHITE MOONFLASK,
BIANHU
MING DYNASTY, YONGLE PERIOD
EST. HK$25 – 35M / US$3.2 – 4.5M
SOLD: HK$110,520,000 / US$14,248,238
A FINE, MAGNIFICENT AND EXTREMELY RARE BLUE AND WHITE HOLY WATER
VESSEL
MING DYNASTY, YONGLE PERIOD
EST. HK$35 – 45M / US$4.5 – 5.8M
SOLD: HK$99,320,000 / US$12,806,321
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD, SEAL OF THE MANDATE OF HEAVEN
ESTIMATE UPON REQUEST
SOLD: HK$92,600,000 / US$11,937,992
AN IMPORTANT AND RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'PALACE BOWL'
MING DYNASTY, CHENGHUA PERIOD
EST. HK$50 – 70 M / US$6.4 – 9 M
SOLD: HK$64,600,000 / US$8,282,051
WANG HUAIQING, FEET 2 (DIPTYCH)
OIL ON CANVAS,
1999
EST.HK$30 – 40 M / US$ 3.8 – 5.1 M
SOLD: HK$54,520,000 / US$6,989,744
AN IMPERIAL SOAPSTONE 'YUANJIAN ZHAI' SEAL,
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
ESTIMATE UPON REQUEST
SOLD: HK$48,920,000 / US$6,271,795
XU BEIHONG, THE SLEEPING VENUS
OIL ON CANVAS, 1920 -
1921
EST. HK$40 – 60 M / US$5.1 – 7.7 M
SOLD: HK$46,680,000 / US$5,984,615
ZHANG DAQIAN, ALISHAN IN OBLIQUE
SUNRISE
SPLASHED-INK-AND-COLOUR ON PAPER, FRAMED, 1980
ESTIMATE UPON REQUEST
SOLD: HK$44,440,000 / US$5,697,436
SPRING 2016 SALES SERIES TOTAL
|
Low
Est.
|
High
Est.
|
Total
|
|
HK$
|
2,219,546,500
|
2,992,351,500
|
3,142,785,575
|
|
US$
|
286,393,097
|
386,109,871
|
405,520,719
|
*Estimates do not include buyer's premium.
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