Detail: This season’s ‘CHINA / 5000 YEARS’ auction on 26th and 27th May showcases a diverse range of Chinese works of art including imperial porcelain, jade, lacquer, furniture and paintings. The sale also features a Hong Kong private collection of imperial porcelain and works of art, early ceramic pillows from the Dream Quest Collection, furniture and jade carvings from old Hong Kong family collections. Other highlights include a rare Jiajing wucai ‘fish’ jar from the collection of the renowned Japanese painter Umebara Ryuzaburo (1888-1986), an exquisite famille-rose ‘landscape’ snuff box and a cinnabar lacquer quatrelobed box and cover from the Qianlong period.