This rare foliate rim Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) dish was sold to a Chinese collector.
A soup tureen on stand bearing the makers mark of Jacques- Nicolas Roettiers, Paris 1770 was sold by Koopman Rare Art, London to a private buyer.
Strong sales and record crowds made for a vintage year at Maastricht in 2014. With collectors from more than 56 countries The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) showed a truly global market. There were 74,000 visitors and a record 375 private jets at Maastricht-Aachen airport. Many dealers recorded sales to museums and institutions across the globe and many more talked of sales to new clients.
One of the highlights at the Fair, the rare foliate rim Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) dish shown by Littleton & Hennessy Asian Art, London and New York with an asking price of 15 million euros was sold a Chinese art collector. Another major piece, Moulin de la Galette by Vincent van Gogh (1835-1890) was brought to the Fair by Dickinson, London with negotiations for sale at an advanced stage. Galerie Odermatt-Vedovi sold a hanging mobile by Alexander Calder (1898-1976) entitled Black 2-2-6, 1965, which had an asking price of 2.6 million euros to a private European collector. A magnificent soup tureen on stand bearing the makers mark of Jacques- Nicolas Roettiers, Paris 1770 was sold by Koopman Rare Art, London to a private buyer. The piece had been given by Catherine II, Empress of Russia (1729-1796) to Count Orloff in 1772; it was reacquired by Catherine II in 1784 and remained in the imperial collection until 1917.