International bidding helps Pheasants fly away for £170,000
JUST as Asian Art in London got underway, a surprise regional highlight emerged in Devon. A pair of 18th century Chinese Export pheasants were consigned for sale at Plymouth Auction Rooms by a local vendor, whose family had owned the birds for at least three generations.
The glazed famille rose enamel birds had suffered some damage, with one beak rebuilt and one tail br…