Overview
- John Axford, chairman and Asian Art specialist at Woolley & Wallis, identified both items as 19th-century Chinese works from the Daoguang period using a six-character imperial mark and stylistic assessment.
- The pieces sold in Woolley & Wallis’ Fine Asian Art sale on 11 November 2025, with both lots outperforming their pre-sale estimates.
- The blue-and-yellow dragon dish, bought for about £2 in Dorset, achieved more than £7,000 at auction.
- The ovoid bottle vase donated in Surrey with a £100 price tag realized £5,080 after competitive bidding and features three dragons chasing a sacred pearl among clouds, flames and waves.
- Sale proceeds were donated to charity, according to reports published on 17 November.