Oh Come On Now - It's a Friggin' Vase

Sometimes I just can't help but shake my head.
I mean I like vases, I like China, I like fish and pretty colors
and I like Chinese vases with fish and pretty colors

But $69.3 MILLION at auction...oh come on now.
Bainbridges, the auction house, said that the final price for the 16-inch vase — an imperially commissioned piece decorated with a fish motif — far exceeded the pre-auction estimated price, which was about 1.2 million pounds.

The final amount was thought to be among the highest ever paid for any Chinese artwork sold at auction.
Didn't I just post something about decades of pent up demand?
Obviously, it was the Chinese bidding against the Chinese for this item.

Around Town - The Resnick Collection or What I Didn't Do Last Night

Also on the agenda last night was the opening of the Resnick Pavilion at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  Instead we headed out to dinner outside on the sidewalk at Clafoutis at Sunset Plaza, where the young and the euro go for late night dining and people watching.
There will be plenty of opportunity to see the pavilion later.

The Resnick Pavilion, like the Broad Building, was designed by Renzo Piano to hold varied collections including that of Lynda and Stewart Resnick.  I particularly want to see the 18th Century French Furniture, Paintings and Sculpture.

It's rather amazing what the Resnick's have managed to acquire.
But I assume that when you own

and

you can afford to acquire

 

Portrait of Marie Antoinette by Elizabeth-Louise Vigee Lebrun