A Rare ‘ Famille-Rose’ ‘Boys at Play’ Lantern-Shaped Vase, Qianlong Iron-Red Seal Mark and Period, Property of Gordon Getty, est. $300/500,000. Photo: Sotheby´s. NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s March 17th sale of Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art in New...

明 陳淳 雜花圖 冊, Chen Chun (1483-1544), Garden Flowers, Album of sixteen paintings; ink and color on paper, 6 leaves 12-13/16 x 22-9/16 in. (25.1 x 57.3 cm), 10 leaves 13 1/8 x 22 3/4 in. (33.6 x 57.8 cm), Gift of Douglas Dillon, 1986, 1986.266.1. Leaf L:...

Eight Beauties Painting, ink and color on silk, signed Hua Xuan, with a cyclical date corresponding to 1736. A very rare painting of extravagantly large size—230 by 52 inches—it is estimated to sell for $200/300,000. Photo: Courtesy of Sotheby's Sotheby’s...