15th century Buddha sells for 10 times low estimate in Chinese, Japanese & South East Asian Art auction at Roseberys.

Roseberys closed its winter series of Asian art auctions with a two day sale of Chinese, Japanese & South East Asian Art on Wednesday 6 and Thursday 7 November. The auctions followed the successful sale of An Important Private Collection of Chinese Imperial Porcelain, which made over £1,000,000 in total.                                                   

A 15th century Tibetan gilt-bronze figure of Buddha Vairochana led day one of the sale, soaring over its low estimate of £6,000 to realise a price of £65,240. It attracted competitive bidding over the phones and online, ultimately selling to a bidder in China. A similar figure of Buddha, in this case Aksobhya, also dated to the 15th century can be found illustrated by Helmut Uhlig in his book On the Path to Enlightenment: the Berti Aschmann Foundation of Tibetan Art at the Museum Rietberg, Zurich.                                                            

This auction follows the sale of nearly 700 pieces of Chinese porcelain and works of art on October 29th. The single-owner collection fetched over £1,000,000 and featured primarily 18th- and 19th-century painted enamels and porcelain, including rare Imperial ‘mark and period’ works. A pair of rare Chinese Imperial famille rose "Eighteen Luohans" bowls, depicting the guardians of Buddhism, soared to £130,240, over 16 times the low estimate, after fierce competition among in-person, online, and phone bidders. A group of Imperial ‘yangcai’ yellow-ground floral bowls with a Daoguang mark (1820-1850) sold collectively for over £250,000.                                      

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Operating in London for more than 30 years, Roseberys Fine Art Auctioneers is a privately owned specialist fine art and antiques auction house and valuers, located in the heart of South London.

The team of world renowned experts and consultants offer both buyers and sellers a range of specialist art market services and a calendar of over 30 specialist auctions a year covering all areas of Asian Arts, Islamic & Indian Art, Jewellery & Watches, Old Master, 18th & 19th Century Art, Modern British & Contemporary British Art, Urban & Contemporary Prints & Multiples, 20th Century Art & Design, Impressionist, Modern, Post War & Contemporary Art and Decorative Arts, Fine & Decorative sales including Silver, Ceramics, Works of Art and Furniture.

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