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Coloured Pots
Ai Weiwei (Chinese, b. 1957) · 2006
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate £120,000 – £180,000 (≈ $174,684 – $262,026) (≈ €155,178 – €232,767)
Offered at Phillips and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Other · Paintings all other results →As published: “painted neolithic vessels, in twelve parts”
- Category
- Other
- Dimensions
- smallest: 22.9 x 15.2 x 14 cm (9 x 6 x 5 1/2 in.) largest: 30.5 x 20.3 x 17.8 cm (12 x 8 x 7 in.) overall dimensions variable
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale (UK010216)
- Date
- February 10, 2016
- Location
- London
- Lot
- 130
- Estimate
- £120,000 – £180,000 (≈ $174,684 – $262,026) (≈ €155,178 – €232,767)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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