Top London fairs boost battle for vase
WITH London hosting Asia week, Olympia and Grosvenor House in June, there was always going to be a trade battle for a Chinese vase which proved the sleeper of Charterhouse's (15% buyer's premium) 870-lot May 21 auction.
The early 18th century baluster vase was not a mark-and-period Ming or Qing dynasty piece, examples …