HONG KONG.- Christie’s Hong Kong 2011 Fall Sales will present Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on Wednesday, 30 November at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. The sale, estimated in excess of HK$600 million /US$80 million, brings together over 400 works of exceptional quality and with excellent provenance, as well as special collection 15 exceptional jade, ivory and rhinoceros horn carvings from an renowned European connoisseur put together over the past 50 years. Among the leading lots in the season, and highlighting the sale‟s superb selection of Ming and Qing ceramics, is an important early Ming blue and white bianhu moonflask from the Yongle period (1403-1424) that showcases an elegant blending of Chinese and Central Asia style (Lot 2977, estimate: HK$28,000,000-35,000,000/ US$3,700,000-4,500,000). While its sophisticated decoration was the invention of Chinese potters