By Roland Arkell
Sotheby’s Hong Kong autumn series posted benchmark sums in two Chinese works of art categories. Records were broken for both ceramics and carved jade.
A rare Ru guanyao brush washer from the late Northern Song (960- 1 127) period drew a 20-minute bidding battle on October 3. Estimated ‘in excess of’ HK$100m, it was knocked down at HK$260m (£24.9m) – the highest ever for Chinese ceramics (see table).