Qing iron red ‘reject’ is £25,000 surprise
Leading the sale held by Thomson Roddick (18% buyer’s premium) in Rosewell, Edinburgh, was a 7in (18cm) high Qing iron red bottle decorated with chilong dragons amid stylised clouds. It had apparently been rejected by ‘a more prestigious auctioneer’.
The auction house catalogued it as 19th century and was probably correct: if there had been a mark…