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Current Sales
The Chester Sale: Asian Art
16 Mar 2010, Chester
Chinese Arts
16 Mar 2010, 220 San Bruno Avenue, San Francisco
Japanese Arts
16 Mar 2010, 220 San Bruno Avenue, San Francisco
Korean Arts
16 Mar 2010, 220 San Bruno Avenue, San Francisco
Other Asian Arts
16 Mar 2010, 220 San Bruno Avenue, San Francisco
Fine Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Margaret Polak
24 Mar 2010, 580 Madison Avenue, New York
Fine Japanese Works of Art
25 Mar 2010, 580 Madison Avenue, New York
Asian Art
21 Apr 2010, Edinburgh
Fine Japanese Art
11 May 2010, New Bond Street
Fine Chinese Art
13 May 2010, New Bond Street
Fine Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Paintings
28 May 2010, JW Marriott Hotel
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Chinese & other Asian Works of Art
3 Mar 2010, Knightsbridge
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Fine Asian Works of Art
15 Dec 2009, 220 San Bruno Avenue, San Francisco
Online Catalogue
Fine Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Paintings
28 Nov 2009, JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong
Online Catalogue
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Ming Dish The Asian Art Department of Bonhams and Butterfields provides one of the worlds most successful auction venues for selling Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art. Under the directorship of Dessa Goddard, the department is renown for its discoveries of long-lost masterpieces in these fields. San Francisco has become a destination of choice for both new and seasoned collectors and members of the trade for its consistent offerings of fresh objects from private collectors, estates and museums to the marketplace in two tiers of sales: bi-annual auctions of Fine Asian Works of Art and Asian Decorative Art. The experienced department staff is trained in Mandarin, Cantonese, and Japanese language assistance.




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Asian art appraisals for auction

To arrange a confidential auction appraisal with a view to selling, contact:

Dan Herskee

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UK Asian Art Department
'Message in a Bottle': Auction of World's Greatest Collection of Snuff Bottles Illustrates a Chinese Emperor's Personal Taste

The Mary and George Bloch Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles

Bonhams will sell 140 snuff bottles from the unique Bloch Collection in Hong Kong on May 28th. This Collection is the World's largest and finest in private hands, comprising 1720 exceptional examples of these Chinese 'miniature masterworks'.

Press Release



Bonhams & Butterfields' $3.3-million Asian Art Sale Beats Expectations

Competitive bidding was seen for rare 17th and 18th century tables and cupboards, for delicately painted hanging screens and panels, and for bronzes, carved jades and scholars' objects.

Press Release

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Forthcoming Featured Auction Sales



Asian Works of Art
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
San Francisco


Asian Works of Art Online Catalog

Auction details

A good white jade carving of a lotus plant
Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000


Fine Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Margaret Polak
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
New York


Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Margaret Polak Online Catalog

A FINE GOLD LACQUER KODANSU (Small Storage Box),
By Koma Nagafusa, Late 19th Century
Estimate: $15,000 - 25,000


Fine Japanese Works of Art
Thursday, March 25, 2010
New York


Fine Japanese Works of Art Online Catalog

A FINE GOLD LACQUER KODANSU (Small Storage Box),
By Koma Nagafusa, Late 19th Century
Estimate: $15,000 - 25,000


Fine Asian Works of Art
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
San Francisco


Auction Details

A fine white jade marriage bowl,
18th Century
Sold for $338,000


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