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Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay on view at the National Museum of SingaporeĪ ritual bath (Miqve) dating to the Second Temple Period was discovered near Kibbutz Zor'aĬhinese vase 'discovered' in Shropshire is expected to fetch £500,000 at auction in London The largest collection of Imperial taste wares that Mr Rye has handled was the Toms Collection, which came from Chateau de Coisins near Lausanne (Switzerland) and was sold at Sothebys, London in 1995. He first became aware of these exquisite Chinese imperial taste wares at the first house sale he was involved in for Sothebys at Prawles in East Sussex. His clients include National Museums and the National Trust, on whose Welsh Committee he was for many years. Jeremy Rye worked for Sothebys for 20 years from the late 1970s and has for the last 11 years run a Fine Art Agency Jeremy Rye Ltd. from his Estate near Welshpool advising clients internationally. He continues: The term doucai or dovetailing colours is applied to a small group of top-quality porcelain, which was first produced for a short period during the Ming dynasty at the end of the 15th century, the style was revived in the Qing dynasty during the reign of Quianlongs predecessor Kangxi. Much Chinese porcelain is spuriously marked or as the Chinese potters claim, marked in the honour of the potting skills of their ancestors! This vase also bears the reign mark of Qianlong which helps it enormously. These imperial-quality wares have always been sought after but in the last 10 years, with the rise of the Chinese economy, their values have risen enormously. The owners had no idea of its value, and I suspect that they would have parted with it for a few hundred pounds! Unfortunately the owners do now know the exact story of the vase, but their ancestors traded in the Far East and were collectors, so presumably that is how it was acquired. Its large body is magnificently decorated with an ornate composition of bats in mid-flight and lotus scrolls in rich doucai enamels.Īs Fine Art Agent Jeremy, who is based near Welshpool, said: I had been called to appraise a an English Dessert Service, but my eye was immediately drawn to the 18-inch vase that was sitting on the floor. The extraordinary large and elegant Doucai Lotus and Bats baluster-shaped jar and cover, dating from the Qianlong Period (1736-95) is one of the most expensive lots in Sothebys auction of Fine Chinese Ceramic s and Works of Art on Wednesday, Novemat New Bond Street, London.

LONDON.- When valuer Jeremy Rye was invited to a house in Shropshire to look at an English Dessert Service, little did he know that he would spot a Chinese Vase and cover worth £500,000! The vase, which measures almost 50cm high, had spent most of the last 30 years unrecognised on the floor of a dining room by a window.

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