The most expensive jade: the Qing Dynasty jade cattle actually auctioned 45.28 million RMB
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A rare 18th century Chinese jade ornaments cattle in the United Kingdom at the Asian art was sold at auction the high price of 45.28 million yuan(RMB), setting a world record auction of jade artifacts.
Auction high price a new world record 45.28 million yuan
The British auction house informed that it was the British finally established the Qing Dynasty relics antique dealers Eskenazi Ltd. for 4.2 million pounds (about 45.28 million yuan, including fees paid to auction houses) and purchased high price, far more than the previous forecast of 50 owners of million pounds.
Wu Liwolisi auction house said it has set a jade artifacts auction world record.
Buyer Eskenazi is a worldwide leading buyers of Chinese porcelain.
In 2007, the company to 6.528 million euros (about 61.5 million yuan) looks for a pair of Qing Dynasty Cloisonne Hu portraits, setting a filigree enamel of the world auction record, set in Paris Christie’s auction of Asian art, the highest bid records.
Life experience acquired by the British soldiers during World War II hiding bank vault
According to auction description, this jade ornaments from the British military Sackville cattle – Pelham Count in 1938 from the United Kingdom John – Division Parks Ltd was bought for £ 300 at current prices, equivalent to current 5.2 million pounds.
World War II broke out, Pelham Earl had been sent to Palestine, in 1940, a boat back to England, he and his wife traveling in the boat was sunk by German warships, Pelham I was wounded and died in 1948. His eldest daughter Diana inherited his legacy, the same year moved to South Africa.
Most of the property because of Pelham count is stored in times of war, in the following half century, jade ornaments, and his cattle and other belongings were missing.
In 2005, Diana returned to England after his father opened a bank vault hosted a wooden box. Surprising that the box was not previously thought of Zhongzhuang porcelain, but this jade cattle. Since then, more than half a century jade cow hide back in the people’s attention.
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