I guarantee your instant noodles will taste different and infinitely better from this RM 25 million bowl!
Sotheby’s Hong Kong Unveils
The
Clark Ding Basin From The Collection of Sakamoto Gorō
A Magnificently Etched Dingyao
Basin, Northern Song Dynasty
Unseen for over 40 Years
Expected to fetch in excess
of RM 25 million
At Fine Chinese Ceramics
and Works of Art Spring Sale 2014 on 8 April
Hong Kong Public Exhibition 3 – 7 April
Sotheby’s Hong Kong Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of
Art Spring
Sales 2014 will take place on 8 April
at Hall 5, Hong
Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The sales will offer an eclectic selection of
important porcelains, gilt bronzes, scholarly objects and elegant furniture
from celebrated private collections, led by The Clark Ding Basin, a
Magnificently Etched Dingyao Basin, Northern Song dynasty, from the
collection of legendary antique dealer Sakamoto Gorō, which has not been seen for over 40 years and is
expected to fetch in excess of HK$60 million / US$7.7 million*. Other highlights include a
small selection of exceptional gilt-bronze Buddhist figures and animals from
the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties from the esteemed Speelman Collection, later bronzes from the illustrious Water, Pine
and Stone Retreat Collection,
rare Chinese furniture from the famous Hung Collection,
Chinese lacquer from the Baoyizhai Collection as well as important
ceramics from the Ming and Qing dynasties and works of art including
gilt-bronze Buddhist sculptures and jades.
Nicolas
Chow, Sotheby’s Asia Deputy Chairman and International Head of Chinese Ceramics
and Works of Art, said, “The
Clark dingyao basin undoubtedly ranks among the very finest Song wares
ever to come to the market and is perhaps the finest piece extant from this
celebrated kiln. Sakamoto
Gorō, the legendary Japanese dealer, purchased it at Sotheby’s in London in 1971 and has cherished it for the last
40 some years. It
is an extraordinary privilege for Sotheby's to handle again the sale of this
Song dynasty masterpiece.”
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