Exceptional Ming ‘fish pond’ bowl sells for more than £22m at auction in Hong Kong
An exceptional Xuande mark and period ‘fish pond’ bowl, trumpeted by Sotheby’s as among the greatest examples of early Ming blue and white porcelain in private hands, sold in Hong Kong for HK$229m (£22.9m) on April 4.
The 9in (23cm) lobed bowl, expected to fetch ‘in excess of HK$100m’ sold to an Asian private collect…