apart from the fact for me I think it is rather ugly it was most probably because in 1938 my grandfather did not have £300 sloshing around in his pocket to buy it, which is a bit of a shame because if he had I would now be £3.4million richer! it was bought by well-known dealer Giuseppe Eskenazi the final price was £4.16million, including the buyer's premium and VAT, for the curious it is a 250 year old carved jade Imperial buffalo on a gilt bronze stand, it was made for the Chinese Emperor Qianlong himself.
Friday, 22 May 2009
This Is Another One Of Those,
"why did my family not buy one of these?"
apart from the fact for me I think it is rather ugly it was most probably because in 1938 my grandfather did not have £300 sloshing around in his pocket to buy it, which is a bit of a shame because if he had I would now be £3.4million richer! it was bought by well-known dealer Giuseppe Eskenazi the final price was £4.16million, including the buyer's premium and VAT, for the curious it is a 250 year old carved jade Imperial buffalo on a gilt bronze stand, it was made for the Chinese Emperor Qianlong himself.
apart from the fact for me I think it is rather ugly it was most probably because in 1938 my grandfather did not have £300 sloshing around in his pocket to buy it, which is a bit of a shame because if he had I would now be £3.4million richer! it was bought by well-known dealer Giuseppe Eskenazi the final price was £4.16million, including the buyer's premium and VAT, for the curious it is a 250 year old carved jade Imperial buffalo on a gilt bronze stand, it was made for the Chinese Emperor Qianlong himself.
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