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    PILKINGTON YONGLE MOONFLASK MAKES US$14.2 MILLION

    Wednesday, April 6th, 2016
    Nicholas Chow, deputy chairman of Sotheby's Asia with the Yongle Moonflask.

    Nicholas Chow, deputy chairman of Sotheby’s Asia with the Yongle Moonflask.

    Whatever you do don’t drop it.  Sotheby’s Nicholas Chow holds the Pilkington Yongle Moonflask which has just sold for US$14.2 million at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong. The Pilkington Collection of Chinese Art made a total of US$64.5 million on the fifth day of Sotheby’s Hong Kong spring sales, far exceeding the pre-sale high estimate of US$28.5 million.  The early 15th century blue and white moon flask, inspired in shape and decoration by Middle Eastern models, was the top lot in a sale which achieved spectacular results. The complex geometric design had no precedent in Chinese art. It had had a pre-sale high estimate of $4.5 million.   A blue and white Yongle holy water vessel sold for US$12.7 million.

    Roger Pilkington

    Roger Pilkington

    Spanning 1,000 years of Chinese porcelain production the Pilkington Collection includes rare pieces from the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties.  Around 100 lots came under the hammer. The collection was assembled in the 1950’s and ’60’s by the late Roger Pilkington of the Lancashire glassmaking family.

    ONE OF THE GREATEST PRIVATE COLLECTIONS OF CHINESE PORCELAIN

    Wednesday, January 13th, 2016
    Leading the sale is an exceedingly rare Chenghua Blue and White ‘Palace Bowl’. It represents a unique version of the design, with a larger number of melons than usual and is estimated at £4-6 million.

    Leading the sale is an exceedingly rare Chenghua Blue and White ‘Palace Bowl’. It represents a unique version of the design, with a larger number of melons than usual and is estimated at £4-6 million.

    One of the greatest collections of Chinese porcelain left in private hands will come up at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong on April 6.  Put together in the mid-20th century by Roger Pilkington, one of the most eminent and active collectors of his day, the collection spans the heights of 1,000 years of Chinese porcelain production, from the Tang through to the Ming and on to the Qing dynasties.  The collection captures all the greatest achievements in the field and tells the  story of the evolution of Chinese porcelain and Chinese history.  Put together in a single decade beginning in the late 1950’s it is estimated to make a combined total of more than £20 million sterling. 

    The highlight is a group of porcelains produced during the Ming dynasty, comprising pieces from the seminal period in the early 15th century when creativity at the imperial kilns in Jingdezhen was at its zenith. This is complemented by a small group of jade vessels and carvings from the Imperial workshops within the grounds of the Forbidden City, made for the court of Emperor Qianlong in the latter half of the 18th century.

    Nicolas Chow, Deputy Chairman, Sotheby’s Asia, International Head and Chairman, Chinese Works of Art, said: “The Pilkington Collection contains extraordinarily rare items, of a kind seldom seen together on the market. This time capsule captures a seminal moment in the history of collecting when connoisseurship in the field reached new heights of sophistication, and when collectors’ appetites for the very best were serviced by a handful of brilliant dealers”. 

    The collection will be on view in London on January 17-18.