Solid Sell-Through Rate Across Categories:
Fine Chinese Art: 90% by value
Asian Art: 87% by value
Fine Netsuke from a French Private Collection: 87% by value
Shin-hanga group of more than 50 landscape prints by Kawase Hasui: 100% sold

Robust Bidding for Top Lots:

Chinese Art
A pair of very rare iron-red and green-enamelled ovoid jars
Yongzheng six-character marks and of the period
Sold for £312,562
More than twice the estimate (£120,000-150,000)

Japanese Art
A Nabeshima small blue and white dish, Edo period, 18th century
Sold for £47,562
More than twice the estimate (£20,000-30,000)

Bonhams Asian Art Sales Continue Throughout November and December in Hong Kong, Los Angeles and on Bonhams.com

Commenting on the results, Asaph Hyman, Bonhams Global Head of Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, said: "This week's flagship sale of Fine Chinese Art demonstrated the depth of the Chinese art market across many categories, as well as collectors' enthusiasm for top quality and trusted provenance. Many of the objects had excellent history, rarity and were fresh to the market, all aspects greatly appreciated by many collectors worldwide. We look forward to welcoming all to our two exciting forthcoming sales to be held on 1 December in Hong Kong: Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art and Eternal Resonance: Music in Chinese Art."

Suzannah Yip, Bonhams Director of Japanese Art, added: "This season, we were honoured to be entrusted with another single owner collection of fine netsuke from a French private collector. The strong prices achieved for these miniature sculptural masterpieces reinforced their enduring appeal among a broad audience not only in Japan, but also across Europe, North America and Russia. The Fine Japanese Art sale saw an insatiable appetite for the top fresh-to-market lots, which realised prices as much as over 10 times their estimates. Works on paper were led by a shin-hanga group of over 50 poetic landscape prints by Kawase Hasui (1883-1957), which far exceeded their expectations and sold by 100%."

Notable highlights of the sales include:

Fine Chinese Art | 5 November

Lot 55 – A pair of very rare iron-red and green-enamelled ovoid jars, Yongzheng six-character marks and of the period
Estimate: £120,000-150,000; Sold for £312,562, more than twice the estimate.
Lot 6 – A very rare grey limestone head of Buddha Shakyamuni Tang Dynasty, Longmen Caves, 7th century AD
Estimate: £80,000-120,000; Sold for £300,062, nearly four times the estimate.

Asian Art | 2 November

Lot 313 – After Qi Baishi (1864-1957) Ducks and Lotus
Estimate: £1,000-1,500; Sold for £168,812, 169 times the estimate.
Lot 314 – Two Paintings After Qi Baishi (1864-1957) Prawns and Crab
Estimate: £1,000-1,500; Sold for £137,562, 138 times the estimate.

Fine Netsuke from a French Private Collection | 4 November

Lot 37 – A wood netsuke of a family of rats By Tametaka, Nagoya, circa 1770-1780
Estimate: £10,000-15,000; Sold for £47,562, nearly five times the estimate
Lot 84 – A wood netsuke of a pyramid of monkeys 18th century
Estimate: £5,000-6,000; Sold for £25,062, five times the estimate

Fine Japanese Art | 5 November

Lot 201 – A Nabeshima small blue and white dish, Edo period, 18th century
Estimate: £20,000-30,000; Sold for £47,562, more than twice the estimate
Lot 91 – A Shinto wakizashi (short sword) Edo period, early 19th century
Estimate: £8,000-10,000; Sold for £31,312, four times the estimate