By Roland Arkell
Well-provenanced Chinese monochromes dominated bidding at recent Asian art sales across the UK regions.
A large ru-type brush washer, with an integral porcelain stand glazed to simulate zitan from the pioneering years of the emperor Yongzheng (1723-35), sold at £280,000 (estimate £20,000-30,000) to lead the Woolley & Wallis sale on May 22. From an English private collection, it carried a paper label for W Dickinson, 104 New Bond Street, a dealer trading in London until 1921.