Mark and period moon flasks – £760,000

High drama at the Chichester auction rooms of Henry Adams on July 19 when this pair of Chinese famille rose moon flasks shot to £760,000. The price, a house record, is also the fourth highest ever achieved in a UK auction room outside of London.

Although undated in the catalogue and estimated at just £300-400, the 11in (27cm) high vases were de…

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