THE CORINTHIAN COLUMN: Look for the loot

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Look for the loot

Chinese vase found in family home sells for £3m

Another one of those happy surprises. Providing of course the purchase is paid for.

6 comments:

The Devoted Classicist said...: You are right; it'll be interesting if the telephone buyer fails to follow through with payment, especially since it it is a smaller auction company in a smaller town. But it is also interesting how even these smaller sales can now attract so much interest.; November 17, 2012 at 8:53 PM
Parnassus said...: I wonder how common it is now for Chinese buyers to renege--it seems it's been a while since I heard of an instance. Reputations sure do last, however.; November 17, 2012 at 8:58 PM
Diogenes said...: It's beautiful, BUT, I can think of better ways to spend 3 million. The auction estimate made more sense, if that is a term that can be applied to the auction world.; November 18, 2012 at 12:40 AM
Loi Thai, Tone on Tone said...: Oh, let me check my mother and father's basement this Thursday when I visit for Thanksgiving!! Since they are from China, you never know....
Keep you all posted!!; November 18, 2012 at 3:53 AM
Mark D. Ruffner said...: It's fascinating to read about the "heap and pile" technique, which would indicate to me that the design took countless hours to accomplish. I recently viewed a video that explained that there were a number of kilns in China that provided porcelain exclusively to the emperor, and that anything that wasn't perfection was destroyed. This certainly appears fit for the emperor!; November 18, 2012 at 5:00 AM
columnist said...: DC & Parnassus - I hope that the buyers will do the honourable thing, but if I was an auctioneer I would be slightly wary, and no doubt they have taken the right precautions.

Diogenes - ah but it is a mad world as you know for Chinese art.

Loi - I await the good news!

Mark - nothing but the best for the son of heaven.; November 18, 2012 at 10:32 AM

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