In 2025, the international auction market saw numerous highlights as Sotheby's, Christie's, and Bonhams successively launched multiple major special auctions. These included Sotheby's “Ise Hikonobu” and “Okada Museum” auctions, Christie's “Goro Sakamoto” auction, and Bonhams' “Wisdom and Practice: A Life with Song Dynasty Porcelain” auction.

This article compiles the top 20 highest-selling lots from these three auction houses. The TOP 20 list centers on artifacts from the Song dynasty and later periods, with Sui dynasty white porcelain also performing exceptionally well. Beyond the Okada Museum Parrot Cup, the top lot was a Sui dynasty white-glazed plum vase sold at Christie's Hong Kong on October 30, 2025, achieving HK$3,048,000. A Sui Dynasty/white porcelain cup from the same sale also hammered for HK$2,413,000, setting a world auction record for Sui Dynasty white porcelain cups.

 

隋 白釉梅瓶

Christie's Hong Kong, 2025 Sale Price: 3,048,000 HKD

隋 白釉梅瓶

Christie's Hong Kong, 2025 Sale Price: 1,134,000 HKD

 

 

隋 白瓷盃

Christie's Hong Kong, 2025 Sale Price: HKD 2,413,000

 

隋 白釉杯

Bonhams London, 2025 Sold for: 76,600 GBP

 

Additionally, Tang tri-color ware also performed exceptionally well. Aside from the Tang tri-color eagle-shaped vase from the eighth century, which sold for over HK$1 million in the “Okada Museum” special session, the following lots also achieved outstanding results:

 

唐三彩撇口瓶 

 

Sotheby's Hong Kong: Ise Hikonobu Special Sale 2025
Sold for HK$2,921,000

 

唐洒蓝彩盖罐

Sotheby's Hong Kong: The Collection of Ise Hikonobu
Sale Price: 1,905,000 HKD

 

唐三彩 蓝釉抱子仕女立雕像

Sotheby's Hong Kong: Gorō Sakamoto Special Sale 2025
Sold for HK$1,778,000

 

唐 三彩加蓝宝相花纹三足盘

Sotheby's Hong Kong: Ise Hikonobu Special Sale 2025
Sold for HK$1,079,500

 

 

唐 八世纪 三彩加蓝宝相花三足盘

2025 Hong Kong Sotheby's Okada Museum of Art Special Sale
Sold for HKD 1,079,500

 

 

唐八世纪三彩骆驼

2025 Hong Kong Sotheby's Okada Museum of Art Special Sale
Sold for HKD 1,079,500

 

 

 

TOP.01

Sotheby's Hong Kong: The Ise Hikonobu Collection, 2025

南宋　官窰青釉葵口盤

Transaction Price: HKD 55,885,000

Dimensions: 19.2 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Sir John Gana (1891–1977)
Bluett & Sons Ltd, London
Kenzan Ryūsentō, Tokyo, purchased from the above source on June 14, 1978
Private Japanese Collection
Kenzan Ryūsentō, Tokyo

 

TOP.02

Sotheby's Hong Kong: The Ise Hikonobu Collection, 2025

南宋 官窑米黄釉直颈瓶

Sale Price: HKD 24,775,000

 

Dimensions: 22.3 cm
Provenance:
Ken'zan Ryūsen-dō, Tokyo
Collection of Inoue Kōichi (1906–1965), Tokyo
Sotheby's London, May 13, 2015, Lot 32
Ken'zan Ryūsen-dō, Tokyo

 

TOP.03

Sotheby's Hong Kong: The Okada Collection Sale 2025

唐八世纪三彩鹰形壶

Transaction Price: HKD 22,945,000

Dimensions: 31.2 cm
Provenance:
Private Collection, Japan
Huchongju, Tokyo

TOP.04

Christie's Hong Kong 2025

北宋 定窯刻牡丹紋淨瓶

Transaction Price: HKD 22,460,000

Dimensions: Height 25 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Sir Alan Barrow and his wife (1881–1968 and 1885–1989)
Christie's, London, December 8, 1986, Lot 227
Formerly in the collection of Muwentang
Sotheby's, London, November 12, 2003, Lot 8
Eskenazi, London
Formerly in the collection of Xihengzuo Zhai
Sotheby's, Hong Kong, April 5, 2017, Lot 3218

 

 

 

TOP.05

Christie's Hong Kong: The Collection of Ailian Tang, 2025

南宋 官窑八棱葵瓣洗

Transaction Price: HKD 20,020,000

Dimensions: Diameter 121cm
Provenance:
Sir Harry Garner (1891–1977)
R.F.A. Rieske (1877–1964), Heathfield, England, acquired 1952
Croydon Town Collection
Sotheby's London, Lot 206, December 11, 1984
Sotheby's London, Lot 246, December 5, 1995
Sotheby's London, Lot 104, June 12, 2003

 

 

TOP.06

Sotheby's Hong Kong: The Ise Hikonobu Collection, 2025

北宋　磁州窰白地剔黑彩牡丹紋梅瓶

Sale Price: HKD 19,895,000

Dimensions: 30.9 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Dikran Khan Kélékian (1868–1951)
Sotheby’s New York, September 17, 1998, Cover Lot 202
Chōzan Ryūsentō, Tokyo

 

 

TOP.07

Sotheby's Hong Kong: The Okada Collection Sale 2025

隋-初唐 罕见透明釉鹦鹉杯

Sale Price: HKD 18,187,000

Dimensions: 30.9 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Dikran Khan Kélékian (1868–1951)
Sotheby’s New York, September 17, 1998, Cover Lot 202
Chōzan Ryūsen-dō, Tokyo

 

 

TOP.08

Sotheby's Hong Kong: The Okada Collection, 2025

北宋汝窑天青釉钵

Sale Price: 13,795,000 HKD

Dimensions: 21cm

 

 

TOP.09

Sotheby's Hong Kong: The Okada Collection Sale 2025

宋/元 哥窑灰青釉葵花式三足洗

Transaction Price: HKD 11,602,000

Dimensions: Diameter 21cm
Provenance:
Gentleman's Collection
Christie's Hong Kong, October 31, 1994, Lot 528
Sotheby's London, July 13, 2005, Lot 149
From the collection of Elsa Peretti (1940–2021)

 

 

 

TOP.10

2025 Bonhams London Special Sale: “Wisdom and Practice in Harmony: A Life with Song Dynasty Porcelain”

北宋/金早期 钧窑天蓝釉撇口小碗

Sale price: 11,602,000 GBP

Dimensions: 11.4cm
Provenance:
Mr. Alfred Clark (1873–1950) and Mrs. Ivy Clark (1890–1976), Collection Label No. 624
Spink & Son Ltd., London
Emmanuel Christofides (1928–2020), Athens and London, acquired from the above on June 22, 1977

 

 

 

TOP.11

Sotheby's Hong Kong: The Ise Hidenobu Collection, 2025

明早期 明初钧窑紫玫瑰釉三足葵式水仙盆奁底刻「六」字、「建福宫」、「竹石假山用」款

Sale Price: HKD 9,017,000

Dimensions: 21.5cm
Provenance:
Collected by Hayashi Shinji (b. 1869), Kyoto, acquired in Tokyo from an American restaurateur
Subsequently acquired from the above source by a distinguished Japanese family collection
Huchu-kaku, Tokyo, purchased prior to 1953

 

 

TOP.12

2025 Bonhams London Special Sale: “Wisdom and Practice in Harmony: A Life with Song Dynasty Porcelain”

北宋晚期/金早期 磁州窯白地黑剔花牡丹紋梅瓶

Sale Price: £825,900

Dimensions: 34.2cm
Provenance:
Priestley & Ferraro Chinese Art, London
Acquired from the above on April 30, 2003, by Emmanuel Christofides (1928–2020), Athens and London

 

 

TOP.13

2025 Bonhams London Special Sale: “Wisdom and Practice in Harmony: A Life with Song Dynasty Porcelain”

南宋 龍泉窯青釉碗

Sold price: 762,400 GBP

Dimensions: 14.5cm
Provenance:
Spink & Son Ltd., London
Acquired from the above dealer by Emmanuel Christofides (1928–2020), Athens and London, circa 1970s

 

TOP.14

2025 Bonhams London Special Sale: “Wisdom and Practice in Harmony: A Life with Song Dynasty Porcelain”

五代 耀州窯剔刻牡丹紋罐

成交价：737,000 GBP

Dimensions: 14cm
Provenance:
Priestley & Ferraro Chinese Art, London
Acquired from the above on October 18, 2005, by Emmanuel Christofides (1928–2020), Athens and London

 

 

TOP.15

Christie's Hong Kong 2025

 金 耀州窯月白釉長頸瓶

Sale Price: 7,686,000 HKD

Dimensions: Height 29.1 cm
Publications:
Osaka City Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Yaozhou Kiln, Osaka, 1997, Plate 103
Osaka City Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Song Dynasty Ceramics: Masterpieces of the Era, Osaka, 1999, Plate 17

 

 

TOP.16

Christie's Hong Kong 2025

明十四/十五世紀 龍泉窯青釉玉壺春瓶

Sale Price: HKD 6,300,000

Dimensions: 33.3 cm
Provenance:
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 26 October 2003, Lot 49
Formerly in the collection of E. K. S. Iskanazi, London, no. EK188
Formerly in the collection of Ten-Faced Lingbi Mountain Retreat, North America

 

TOP.17

Christie's Hong Kong 2025

北宋 耀州窯刻牡丹紋花口尊

Sale Price: HKD 5,080,000

Dimensions: 11.8 cm
Provenance:
Jianshan Longquan Hall, Tokyo
Christie's Hong Kong, “Timeless Elegance: The Lin Yu Shan Ren Collection (Part I),” December 2, 2015, Lot 2803

 

 

TOP.18

Sotheby's Hong Kong: The Okada Collection Sale 2025

北宋至金钧窑月白釉紫斑小盏

Sale Price: HKD 5,080,000

尺寸：6.8cm

 

TOP.19

Sotheby's Hong Kong: The Okada Collection Sale 2025

南宋建窑油滴天目茶盏

Sale Price: HKD 5,080,000

 

Dimensions: Bowl height 13.4 cm
Overall height 15.5 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Kobori Enshū (1579–1647)
Collection of Baron Fujita Densaburō (1841–1912)
Collection of Kaoru Inoue (Seigai) (1836–1915)
Collection of Baron Takao Masuda (Don'ō) (1848–1938)
Collection of the Umezawa Family
Collection of the Umezawa Memorial Museum, Tokyo, acquired prior to 1978

 

TOP.20

Sotheby's Hong Kong: The Ise Hikonobu Collection, 2025

北宋青白釉瓜棱式带盖执壶

Sale price: 4,826,000 HKD

Dimensions: 25cm

Provenance:

Collection of Ogura Takenosuke (1870–1964)

Ken'zan Ryūsentō, Tokyo

Private Collection, Japan

Kuchūkyū, Tokyo

 

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