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Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art

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Since Sotheby's held its first auction of Chinese art in London in 1922, the department has gone from strength to strength opening sale locations across the world and today sales are held twice yearly in Hong Kong, New York, London and Paris, with an international team of specialists travelling the globe to bring to the market some of the greatest masterpieces of Chinese art.

Sotheby's unequalled experience with Chinese art is demonstrated by the number of collections that have been entrusted to us for sale by some of the world's most prestigious collectors and institutions. Most recently we have dispersed the collection of Carl Kempe, the collection from the estate of Emile Guimet, the Albright-Knox collection, the Speelman collection of Buddhist gilt-bronzes as well as many other important collections.

In March 2007 at Sotheby's New York, we sold an extraordinary Shang dynasty bronze wine vessel from the Albright-Knox collection for US$8,104,000, which shattered...
Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art

Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art

Established Several Remarkable World Records