A staff member of Sotheby's introduces a rare turquoise Beijing enamel censer and cover from the Yongzheng period during a media preview in Hong Kong, south China, Sept. 7, 2011. Sotheby's Hong Kong will hold a Chinese porcelain and handicraft auction on Oct. 5, with various items estimated at a total value of over 1.17 billion Hong Kong dollars (150 million U.S. dollars). (Xinhua/Song Zhenping)

A staff member of Sotheby's introduces a Nepalese 13th-century gold-plating copper statue of Tara, a Bodhisattva of salvation, during a media preview in Hong Kong, south China, Sept. 7, 2011. Sotheby's Hong Kong will hold a Chinese porcelain and handicraft auction on Oct. 5, with various items estimated at a total value of over 1.17 billion Hong Kong dollars (150 million U.S. dollars). (Xinhua/Song Zhenping)

A staff member of Sotheby's introduces a blue and white vase with fruit patterns of the Ming Dynasty, estimated to fetch 80 to 120 million Hong Kong dollars (10.3 to 15.4 million U.S. dollars), during a media preview in Hong Kong, south China, Sept. 7, 2011. Sotheby's Hong Kong will hold a Chinese porcelain and handicraft auction on Oct. 5, with various items estimated at a total value of over 1.17 billion Hong Kong dollars (150 million U.S. dollars). (Xinhua/Song Zhenping)

A staff member of Sotheby's introduces the Tianqiuping, a famille-rose vase with peace patterns and period of Qianlong, estimated to fetch 80 to 120 million Hong Kong dollars (10.3 to 15.4 million U.S. dollars), during a media preview in Hong Kong, south China, Sept. 7, 2011. Sotheby's Hong Kong will hold a Chinese porcelain and handicraft auction on Oct. 5, with various items estimated at a total value of over 1.17 billion Hong Kong dollars (150 million U.S. dollars). (Xinhua/Song Zhenping) (llp)

A staff member of Sotheby's stands beside the Tianqiuping, a famille-rose vase with peace patterns and period of Qianlong, estimated to fetch 80 to 120 million Hong Kong dollars (10.3 to 15.4 million U.S. dollars), during a media preview in Hong Kong, south China, Sept. 7, 2011. Sotheby's Hong Kong will hold a Chinese porcelain and handicraft auction on Oct. 5, with various items estimated at a total value of over 1.17 billion Hong Kong dollars (150 million U.S. dollars). (Xinhua/Song Zhenping)

Staff members of Sotheby's introduce the fine Chinese porcelains during a media preview in Hong Kong, south China, Sept. 7, 2011. Sotheby's Hong Kong will hold a Chinese porcelain and handicraft auction on Oct. 5, with various items estimated at a total value of over 1.17 billion Hong Kong dollars (150 million U.S. dollars). (Xinhua/Song Zhenping)