Collector buys Jade seal from Tibetan Buddhist temple for £10,000
SAFFRON WALDEN REPORTER
A tiny jade seal thought to be from a Tibetan Buddhist temple sold for over £10,000 at a specialist Asian Art sale held by Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers last week. The table seal, featuring the figure of a crouching Buddhist lion, stands just 6cm high and is thought to date from the 19th century.
It started the auction with a guide price of £1,500 but keen competition meant that it sold to a bidder in Shanghai for £10,600. The Asian Art sale, which took place on Tuesday (May 15) at Sworders’ auction room in Stansted Mountfitchet, was packed with potential buyers and attracted hundreds of bidders from all over the world, especially from China and the Far East. [link]
It started the auction with a guide price of £1,500 but keen competition meant that it sold to a bidder in Shanghai for £10,600. The Asian Art sale, which took place on Tuesday (May 15) at Sworders’ auction room in Stansted Mountfitchet, was packed with potential buyers and attracted hundreds of bidders from all over the world, especially from China and the Far East. [link]
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