Smashing collection of Chinese vases up for sale

A single-owner collection of Chinese art and artefacts makes a fine show at Mullens.

There’s plain and simple: a celadon crackleware Guan-type vase (€2,000-€3,000), a Qing dynasty sand-de-boeuf baluster vase (€1,200-€1,600), and a white jade archaic-shaped vase and cover (€6,000-€8,000).

A set of four porcelain paintings by 20th century Chinese artist Wing Wah depicts China’s Romeo and Juliet, a love comedy written by Wang Shifu of the Yuan dynasty and set during the ...