This Chinese Imperial blue-ground zhadou, bearing a period six-character Yongzheng mark, is estimated at £30,000-50,000 in the May 22-23 Woolley & Wallis auction.
A collection of Chinese art, unseen on the market for nearly a century, will kick off Woolley & Wallis’ two-day Asia fest in Salisbury on May 22-23.
The 29-lot group has passed by descent from the family of Prof John Norman Collie (1859-1942), a British scientist, mountaineer and explorer. Much of Collie’s original collection was sold at Sotheby’s in a dedicated two-day sale in 1943.
The financial star of the group is a5in (12.5cm) high Chinese Imperial blue-ground zhadou, bearing a period six-character Yongzheng mark. Another blue-ground zhadou from the same period is found in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum.
Estimate £30,000-50,000.
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