On the Market: A Preview of Asia Week in NY
纽约的亚洲周
by Amy Page
Famille rose enamelled double-gourd-shaped glass snuff bottle (at Christie's)
Early blue and white baluster jar (Guan) (at Sotheby's)
Whose Sleeves? (Tagasode) (at Christie's)
Hasagawa School
Whose Sleeves? (Tagasode) (at Christie's)
Hasagawa School
Bloodline Series: Comrade No. 120, 1998 (at Sotheby's)
Zhang Xiaogang
Untitled (at Christie's)
V.S. Gaitonde
Tapovan (at Sotheby's)
S.H. Raza
A sandstone head of Brahma or Mahesha (at Christie's)
NEW YORK, March 22, 2006—Asia Week in New York has become so overwhelming that not only is it impossible to attend all the events that overlap in the space of but a few days, but it is even impossible to write about them all without producing a tome. This column will concentrate on highlights of the major auctions—Christie’s alone has produced seven sales catalogues, Sotheby’s four.
Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
Christie’s trio of Chinese art sales on March 29 is expected to bring between $12.7 and $17.7 million. Up first is Part III of Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the J & J Collection formed by Li Ti-Tsun, the Chinese ambassador to many South American countries, who began collecting early in the 20th- century.
Christie’s sold the first part of the collection in Hong Kong in 2004 and the second in New York last March. The collection is considered one of the three best in the world, and this group, which is expected to bring $2-3 million, includes some of the best examples to come on the market, such as a rare famille-rose enameled double-gourd glass bottle [#61] with five bats and morning glory vines (est: $300-350,000).
Immediately following is the collection of the late Evelyn Annenberg Hall, a major philanthropist and collector, containing superb examples of Qing dynasty Qianlong mark and period porcelain that she and her second husband, William Jaffe, bought from the late 1940s through the 1960s. Stars of the 94-lot session on March 29 are a large blue-and-white pear-shaped bottle vase [lot#169] (est: $500-700,000), bought from New York dealer William H. Wolff in 1966; a pair of Ming-style Meiping [lot #148] (est: $300-500,000), and a rare celadon-glazed archaistic relief-decorated flask [#116] (est: $250-350,000), both of which were bought from New York dealer Frank Caro in the 1960s.
Christie’s afternoon session of Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art sale is strong in porcelain pieces, especially a 14th-century Yuan dynasty large blue-and-white double gourd vase [Lot #421] (est: $1-1.5 million). Painted in a deep brilliant blue with peonies rising from rocks, the vase is similar to one in the Topkapi Saray Museum in Istanbul.
“The shape and decoration are extremely rare, and it is also in good condition,” says Athena Zonars, head of the Chinese works of art department at Christie’s. “Highlighting the furniture lots is a 17th-century huanghuali bed with open railings (est: $350,000-450,000) that was sold at Christie’s landmark sale of The Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture in September, 1966, when it made $277,500.
A nice group of property consigned by the son of famed Chicago collector Stephen Junkunc III includes a rare 14th-century blue-and-white stem cup [#420] (est: $180-250,000), an early (first century B.C. to first century A.D.) painted wood horse [#336] (est: $280-350,000), and a very rare ruyao dish [#401] (est: $50-60,000) that was damaged in a fire. No ruyao pieces have been on the market since the small dish that Christie’s sold in 1992 for $1.4 million.
Sotheby’s has been making big gains in its Chinese Works of Art sale, quadrupling its total in four years, according to Joe-Hynn Yang, head of the Chinese department in New York. The 378-lot sale on March 30 is expected to bring a whopping $15-$20 million. The highlight is an early blue-and-white baluster jar [guan] [#61] from the Yuan dynasty that is expected to fetch more than $4 million. (The jar was sold by Sotheby’s in Hong Kong in 1993, when it made around $1 million.)
Another spectacular lot is a cinnabar lacquer dish made for the Yongle emperor [#75] that carries an unpublished estimate and is expected to bring around $1 million. There are also a number of other lacquer pieces in the sale. “The market for 18th-century lacquer is improving,” says Yang, but I like early examples and went out looking for them. They are collected in Japan.”
The sale includes some interesting archaic bronzes in a variety of shapes that do not come up frequently, such as a four-loped ewer [ding], [#257] (est: $50-70,000); and a wine vessel [fang lei] [# 258] (est: $150-200,000). The wine vessel has a provenance going back to 1934, which, says Yang, “makes it very desirable because of today’s provenance-conscious collecting.”
Japanese and Korean Art
Japanese and Korean works of art are being sold only at Christie’s, which is kicking off its series of sales on March 28. The unquestioned highlight of the two-session Japanese sale is a pair of early 17th-century six-panel Hasagawa School screens [lot #207], titled Whose Sleeves?, which carries an unpublished estimate and is expected to bring around $1 million. The screen, which has been widely published and exhibited, was once in the collection of the Kozu Kobunka Kaikan Museum in Kyoto.
The screens are ink, color, silver, gold and gold leaf on paper. Luxurious clothing is represented in exquisite detail of design and texture, with multi-colored textiles in patterns of stripes and polka dots. “I have never seen anything like them before,” says Susan Lewis, an expert in Japanese art at Christie’s.” She says that it could go to a museum, or “be a wonderful trophy piece for a collector.”
Another standout lot is a hanging scroll by Kitagawa Utamaro [#191] (est: $150-200,000) depicting three fashionable young women gossiping in a tea house. “Utamaro produced very few paintings,” says Lewis.
The 419-lot sale, which is expected to bring $3.6-5 million, includes 151 prints and 60 swords and sword fittings consigned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Christie’s is celebrating its 20th anniversary of Korean art sales with a separate catalogue of 174 lots that include 60 lots consigned by Los Angeles collector Robert Moore. This is especially appropriate because it was part of Moore’s collection that was offered on Oct. 16, 1986, at Christie’s first sale of Korean art in New York.
One irresistible lot that is certain to sell above estimate is a polychrome-wood altar attendant [#438], carved as a boy holding a black cat (est: $14-16,000). Highlights from other consignors are a 15th-century white porcelain jar [#578] with a transparent glaze (est: $250-350,000) and an 18th-century blue-and-white jar painted with a panel of songbirds (est: $180-220,000). The sale is expected to make $1.5-2 million.
Contemporary Art
In accord with the rising interest in—and prices for—contemporary Asian art, Sotheby’s and Christie’s each are holding separate sales in the field. Sotheby’s has opened a new department of contemporary Asian art, which is holding its inaug
纽约的亚洲周
by Amy Page
Famille rose enamelled double-gourd-shaped glass snuff bottle (at Christie's)
Early blue and white baluster jar (Guan) (at Sotheby's)
Whose Sleeves? (Tagasode) (at Christie's)
Hasagawa School
Whose Sleeves? (Tagasode) (at Christie's)
Hasagawa School
Bloodline Series: Comrade No. 120, 1998 (at Sotheby's)
Zhang Xiaogang
Untitled (at Christie's)
V.S. Gaitonde
Tapovan (at Sotheby's)
S.H. Raza
A sandstone head of Brahma or Mahesha (at Christie's)
NEW YORK, March 22, 2006—Asia Week in New York has become so overwhelming that not only is it impossible to attend all the events that overlap in the space of but a few days, but it is even impossible to write about them all without producing a tome. This column will concentrate on highlights of the major auctions—Christie’s alone has produced seven sales catalogues, Sotheby’s four.
Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
Christie’s trio of Chinese art sales on March 29 is expected to bring between $12.7 and $17.7 million. Up first is Part III of Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the J & J Collection formed by Li Ti-Tsun, the Chinese ambassador to many South American countries, who began collecting early in the 20th- century.
Christie’s sold the first part of the collection in Hong Kong in 2004 and the second in New York last March. The collection is considered one of the three best in the world, and this group, which is expected to bring $2-3 million, includes some of the best examples to come on the market, such as a rare famille-rose enameled double-gourd glass bottle [#61] with five bats and morning glory vines (est: $300-350,000).
Immediately following is the collection of the late Evelyn Annenberg Hall, a major philanthropist and collector, containing superb examples of Qing dynasty Qianlong mark and period porcelain that she and her second husband, William Jaffe, bought from the late 1940s through the 1960s. Stars of the 94-lot session on March 29 are a large blue-and-white pear-shaped bottle vase [lot#169] (est: $500-700,000), bought from New York dealer William H. Wolff in 1966; a pair of Ming-style Meiping [lot #148] (est: $300-500,000), and a rare celadon-glazed archaistic relief-decorated flask [#116] (est: $250-350,000), both of which were bought from New York dealer Frank Caro in the 1960s.
Christie’s afternoon session of Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art sale is strong in porcelain pieces, especially a 14th-century Yuan dynasty large blue-and-white double gourd vase [Lot #421] (est: $1-1.5 million). Painted in a deep brilliant blue with peonies rising from rocks, the vase is similar to one in the Topkapi Saray Museum in Istanbul.
“The shape and decoration are extremely rare, and it is also in good condition,” says Athena Zonars, head of the Chinese works of art department at Christie’s. “Highlighting the furniture lots is a 17th-century huanghuali bed with open railings (est: $350,000-450,000) that was sold at Christie’s landmark sale of The Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture in September, 1966, when it made $277,500.
A nice group of property consigned by the son of famed Chicago collector Stephen Junkunc III includes a rare 14th-century blue-and-white stem cup [#420] (est: $180-250,000), an early (first century B.C. to first century A.D.) painted wood horse [#336] (est: $280-350,000), and a very rare ruyao dish [#401] (est: $50-60,000) that was damaged in a fire. No ruyao pieces have been on the market since the small dish that Christie’s sold in 1992 for $1.4 million.
Sotheby’s has been making big gains in its Chinese Works of Art sale, quadrupling its total in four years, according to Joe-Hynn Yang, head of the Chinese department in New York. The 378-lot sale on March 30 is expected to bring a whopping $15-$20 million. The highlight is an early blue-and-white baluster jar [guan] [#61] from the Yuan dynasty that is expected to fetch more than $4 million. (The jar was sold by Sotheby’s in Hong Kong in 1993, when it made around $1 million.)
Another spectacular lot is a cinnabar lacquer dish made for the Yongle emperor [#75] that carries an unpublished estimate and is expected to bring around $1 million. There are also a number of other lacquer pieces in the sale. “The market for 18th-century lacquer is improving,” says Yang, but I like early examples and went out looking for them. They are collected in Japan.”
The sale includes some interesting archaic bronzes in a variety of shapes that do not come up frequently, such as a four-loped ewer [ding], [#257] (est: $50-70,000); and a wine vessel [fang lei] [# 258] (est: $150-200,000). The wine vessel has a provenance going back to 1934, which, says Yang, “makes it very desirable because of today’s provenance-conscious collecting.”
Japanese and Korean Art
Japanese and Korean works of art are being sold only at Christie’s, which is kicking off its series of sales on March 28. The unquestioned highlight of the two-session Japanese sale is a pair of early 17th-century six-panel Hasagawa School screens [lot #207], titled Whose Sleeves?, which carries an unpublished estimate and is expected to bring around $1 million. The screen, which has been widely published and exhibited, was once in the collection of the Kozu Kobunka Kaikan Museum in Kyoto.
The screens are ink, color, silver, gold and gold leaf on paper. Luxurious clothing is represented in exquisite detail of design and texture, with multi-colored textiles in patterns of stripes and polka dots. “I have never seen anything like them before,” says Susan Lewis, an expert in Japanese art at Christie’s.” She says that it could go to a museum, or “be a wonderful trophy piece for a collector.”
Another standout lot is a hanging scroll by Kitagawa Utamaro [#191] (est: $150-200,000) depicting three fashionable young women gossiping in a tea house. “Utamaro produced very few paintings,” says Lewis.
The 419-lot sale, which is expected to bring $3.6-5 million, includes 151 prints and 60 swords and sword fittings consigned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Christie’s is celebrating its 20th anniversary of Korean art sales with a separate catalogue of 174 lots that include 60 lots consigned by Los Angeles collector Robert Moore. This is especially appropriate because it was part of Moore’s collection that was offered on Oct. 16, 1986, at Christie’s first sale of Korean art in New York.
One irresistible lot that is certain to sell above estimate is a polychrome-wood altar attendant [#438], carved as a boy holding a black cat (est: $14-16,000). Highlights from other consignors are a 15th-century white porcelain jar [#578] with a transparent glaze (est: $250-350,000) and an 18th-century blue-and-white jar painted with a panel of songbirds (est: $180-220,000). The sale is expected to make $1.5-2 million.
Contemporary Art
In accord with the rising interest in—and prices for—contemporary Asian art, Sotheby’s and Christie’s each are holding separate sales in the field. Sotheby’s has opened a new department of contemporary Asian art, which is holding its inaug
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