Surprise auction for Chinese porcelain
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During the Yongzheng period, the success of a doucai porcelain pot was inversely proportional to its size. Chine, époque Yongzheng (1723-1735). Pot en porcelaine émaillée doucai à décor polychrome de dragon dans les nuées, marquée « Da qing yong zheng nian zhi », h. 9,8 cm.Adjugé : 403 000 € Estimated at between €30,000 and €50 ,000 , this small Chinese doucai porcelain pot decorated with a dragon, discovered byMe Biget during an inventory in a property in the Orne countryside, was propelled to €403 ,000 . A large number of Chinese connoisseurs came to see this piece, bearing the six-character mark of the Yongzheng period (1723-1735) , before the sale. The Alençon auctioneer commented that the " very good condition, with bright
