Chinese material beyond the headlining world of porcelain continues to boost totals across the UK’s salerooms, occasionally eclipsing estimates.
1. Dominated as it was by the £100,000 Yongzheng plate (ATG No 2359), the September 8 sale at Hansons’ (20% buyer’s premium) Teddington rooms also had space for this yellow gold and green jade brooch. Featuring a propitious bat carving, it was estimated at £250-450 but sold to a UK collector at £5500.
2. Catalogued as an Oriental hardwood table-top cabinet, this 19th or early 20th century piece elicited phone calls from China to Carlisle auction house Thomson Roddick (17.5% buyer’s premium) ahead of the September 26 sale. The 14in (35.5cm) wide cabinet featured inlaid floral patterns in semi-precious hardstones and gilt-metal handles.