The outstanding jade offered in the regions in the October-December period was this pale celadon teapot and cover (right) that came for sale at Duke’s in Dorchester on December 8 from a Dutch private collection where it had been since the 1980s.
With its compressed circular body, chrysanthemum knop and C-scroll handle it bears outward similarities with a handful of other hugely valuable vessels, including the imperial white jade example sold for £1.75m by Woolley & Wallis in 2011.