Roseberys closed its winter series of Asian art auctions with a two day sale of Chinese, Japanese & South East Asian Art on Wednesday 6 and Thursday 7 November. The auctions followed the successful sale of An Important Private Collection of Chinese Imperial Porcelain, which made over £1,000,000 in total.
A 15th century Tibetan gilt-bronze figure of Buddha Vairochana led day one of the sale, soaring over its low estimate of £6,000 to realise a price of £65,240. It attracted competitive bidding over the phones and online, ultimately selling to a bidder in China. A similar figure of Buddha, in this case Aksobhya, also dated to the 15th century can be found illustrated by Helmut Uhlig in his book On the Path to Enlightenment: the Berti Aschmann Foundation of Tibetan Art at the Museum Rietberg, Zurich.
This auction follows the sale of nearly 700 pieces of Chinese porcelain and works of art on October 29th. The single-owner collection fetched over £1,000,000 and featured primarily 18th- and 19th-century painted enamels and porcelain, including rare Imperial ‘mark and period’ works. A pair of rare Chinese Imperial famille rose "Eighteen Luohans" bowls, depicting the guardians of Buddhism, soared to £130,240, over 16 times the low estimate, after fierce competition among in-person, online, and phone bidders. A group of Imperial ‘yangcai’ yellow-ground floral bowls with a Daoguang mark (1820-1850) sold collectively for over £250,000.
"We were delighted to see that the sale of the private collection received the global attention it truly merited, and it undoubtedly bolstered our November sales, which saw particularly strong results for Qing dynasty wares. We look forward to continuing to offer important works to a global audience of discerning collectors in 2025," said Bill Forrest, Director & Head of Chinese, Japanese & South East Asian Art, Roseberys
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