Auction on
20 November 2019 - 14:00 (CET) -
Salle 4 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009
The surprise in this Asian art sale came from a blue and white porcelain vase shaped like a garlic clove.
China, porcelain vase in the form of a suantouping (garlic clove) decorated in blue under a glaze of lotus flowers with their foliage, apocryphal mark of Qianlong, h. 29.3 cm. Result: €698,500
China, porcelain vase in the form of a suantouping (garlic clove) decorated in blue under a glaze of lotus flowers with their foliage, apocryphal mark of Qianlong, h. 29.3 cm. Result: €698,500
In Western folk culture, garlic is a protective agent with the power to ward off evil. It will now be synonymous with another benefit thanks to the €698,500…
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