STUTTGART, GERMANY — On May 10, a new record-breaking price for Asian art in Germany was reached at Nagel Auctions. A collector from outside Europe won a rare imperial Chinese doucai wine pot from the Eighteenth Century for $4.8 million.

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A further robust result was reached at the sale by a gilt-bronze figure of Buddha-Shakyamuni from the Kangxi period (1662–1722), whose price climbed to $1.2 million from a high estimate of $260,000.

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