We’re ending the year on a Chinese high thanks to the discovery of a set of eight porcelain bowls dating back to the 1700s.
They may only be small but these blue and white examples of fine Oriental ceramics are poised to demand a large price. They are from the Yongzheng period and such is their quality they could sell for between £10,000 and £15,000 at auction, perhaps more.
Wealthy Chinese collectors flock to repatriate high quality antique Chinese porcelain to their homeland and we expect demand to be strong when these objects go to auction in the new year.
The Yongzheng Emperor (1678-1735), born Yinzhen, was the fifth Emperor of the Qing dynasty, and the third Qing emperor to rule over China proper. He reigned from 1722 to 1735.
Chinese ceramics show a continuous development since pre-dynastic times and are one of the most significant forms of Chinese art and ceramics globally. Porcelain was a Chinese invention, hence the use of the word ‘china’ to describe porcelain in everyday English.
Many of the most important kiln workshops were owned by, or reserved for, the Emperor, and large quantities of Chinese export porcelain were exported as diplomatic gifts or for trade from an early date, initially to East Asia and the Islamic world, and then from around the 16th century to Europe.
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