Yongzheng cups triple in value and lifts Sotheby’s Chinese art auction
A pair of small but exquisite famille-rose decorated Yongzheng porcelain cups led Sotheby’s sale of Chinese art in London earlier today when they were knocked down at £1.6m. Offered as a single lot, the price was over three times the amount they had fetched at auction 13 years ago.
With the Asian Art in London festival having kicked off last week and large number of auctions and d…