UPCOMING ONLINE SALES
Ink Eternal: The Chinese Painting Collection of Harold Wong
Auction: April 30 – May 14, 3pm HKT
Viewing: May 8–13, 10:30am-5:30pm; May 14, 10:30am-3pm (Closed Saturday & Sunday)
6/F, The Henderson, 2 Murray Road, Central, Hong Kong
Harold Wong (1943–2022) was a distinguished connoisseur, collector, advisor, gallerist and artist, influential in both Hong Kong and the international Chinese art scene. His collection, Lechangzai Xuan, was built upon his father’s esteemed Lok Tsai Hsien and expanded in the late 20th century, reflecting his education, refined taste and evolving interests. The collection focuses on key categories — each represented in this auction — including the literati tradition of the Ming and Qing dynasties, calligraphy, mid to late Qing paintings, and modern and contemporary ink art.
A luminary of Chinese art connoisseurship, Harold Wong’s legacy as a contemporary literati is celebrated through this exceptional collection and the profound influence he had on many. This auction showcases his encyclopedic approach to the art form and features works by classical masters such as Dong Qichang and Yun Shouping, modern painters like Pu Ru and Wu Hufan, and contemporary pioneers including Chen Wen Hsi and Lui Shou-Kwan.
Contact:
Andy Kang (康心恩)
+852 9448 9069
[email protected]
A Langyao Red-Glazed Dish, Kangxi Period (1662-1722), 10 7/8 in. (27.7 cm) diam., box, Estimate: HKD80,000-120,000, Pavilion Online – Chinese Art
Pavilion Online – Chinese Art
Auction: April 30 – May 15, 2pm HKT
Viewing: May 8–14, 10:30am-5:30pm
6/F, The Henderson, 2 Murray Road, Central, Hong Kong
Christie’s Hong Kong Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art department presents the Pavilion Online: Chinese Art, featuring over 100 carefully curated lots ranging from porcelain, archaic jades, scholar’s objects and furniture, ranging in date from the Neolithic period to the 20th century. Highlights include numerous works offered without reserve, presenting exceptional opportunities for both emerging and established collectors.
Contact:
Marco Almeida (安偉達)
+852 2978 6735
[email protected]
Asia Week New York Auction Results
Our Asia Week sales were a resounding success, totaling $60,039,058 with 872 lots sold, 190% hammer above low estimate, and a 86% sell-through rate.
The South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art sale totaled $24.86 million, with 95% of lots sold and a 321% hammer and premium against the low estimate. The highlight was Maqbool Fida Husain’s Untitled (Gram Yatra) selling to unnamed institution for $13.75 million, the largest sum ever paid for a work of Modern Indian Art. Records were also set for several artists, including Sayed Haider Raza, Gulam Rasool Santosh, Sudhir Patwardhan, Jeram Patel, Ivan Peries, Senaka Senanayake and B. Prabha.
Strong demand followed in South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art Online, which almost doubled its low estimate at $1,296,666 with 92% of lots sold, while Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Works of Art achieved a combined $762,552.
The Japanese and Korean Art sale during Asian Art Week totaled $8.85 million, with 86% sold by lot and 167% above the low estimate. Korean celadons and a rare moon jar attracted competitive bidding, with 18% new buyers and 15% Millennials.
The Important Chinese Furniture and Works of Art sale totaled $22.73 million, with 233% sold by hammer and premium versus low estimate. Notable sales included a huanghuali ‘official’s hat’ armchair for $3.26 million and a blue and white iron-red ‘dragon’ dish for $2.77 million. Over 25% of buyers were Millennials, and nearly 15% were new to the category, indicating exciting growth opportunities for emerging collectors. Rounding out the week was Arts of Asia Online, which totaled $1,538,838 with 90% of lots sold, buoyed by an increasingly young and global collector base.
To learn more about all the sales highlights, click here.
RECENT ASIA WEEK NEW YORK AUCTIONS AND EVENTS
Celebrating the evolution and diversity of the arts of East and South Asia, Asian Art Week in New York brings together ancient, modern and contemporary art from some of the world’s most vibrant cultures. With rare works such as a magnificent huanghuali ‘official’s hat’ armchair, a breath-taking Joseon dynasty moon jar, a published group of Gandharan sculptures, a curated selection of Chinese paintings and calligraphy, and exciting fresh-to-market pieces by artists like Maqbool Fida Husain and Sayed Haider Raza – these auctions span dynasties and traditions, showcasing the full breadth of Asian art.
View the full schedule of auctions, tours and lectures below:
Japanese and Korean Art
Auction: Tuesday, March 18, 2025 at 10am EDT
Viewing: March 14, 15–17, 10am-5pm & March 16, 1-5pm
This season’s Japanese and Korean Art sale is led by a magnificent Moon Jar, Katsushika Hokusai’s masterpiece Great Wave and an important Heian period Dainichi Nyorai sculpture. The auction also features a fine selection of Goryeo dyansty celadon from the David and Nayda Collection, examples of rare Joseon period porcelains, a beautiful painting by Ito Jakuchu and a curated selection of lacquer works, metalworks, modern and contemporary art, sculptures, ceramics and much more. Discover the auction in person at our New York galleries from 14 to 17 March.
Contact:
Takaaki Murakami
(212) 636 2160
[email protected]
South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art
Auction: Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at 10am EDT
Viewing: March 14, 15–17 & 18, 10am-5pm & March 16, 1-5pm
This season, Christie’s live auction of South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art will be held on 19 March during Asian Art Week in New York. The sale celebrates the evolution and diversity of the arts of South Asia and its diaspora by showcasing seminal works by the most iconic South Asian artists practicing in the 20th and 21st centuries. The live auction is complemented by our South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art Online auction, running from 12 to 25 March.
The auction is led by an exceptional group of early works by members of the Progressive Artists’ Group and their associates, which are completely fresh to the market. This selection includes a seminal formative painting by Maqbool Fida Husain from 1954, unexhibited since it was purchased in the year it was painted, Sayed Haider Raza’s iconic 1953 gouache, Black Sun, from the esteemed collection of Madame and Monsieur Jacques Lassaigne, and Akbar Padamsee’s monumental Untitled, a significant landscape from 1969 acquired more than 50 years ago by the pioneering collectors Bilwa and Lore Chowdhury. The catalogue also features other significant early paintings by Raza and Husain, and important works by Francis Newton Souza, Krishnaji Howlaji Ara, Krishen Khanna, Zainul Abedin, Gulam Rasool Santosh, Zarina and Sudhir Patwardhan.
Accompanying these masterpieces is a group of works by the forerunners of modernism in South Asia, including Jamini Roy, Walter Langhammer and George Keyt and the itinerant American artist Edwin Lord Weeks. Another important group of works in the catalogue celebrates the legacy of the Baroda Group of artists and the Faculty of Fine Arts at Maharaja Sayajirao University. Coming from various collections including that of the visionary architect B.V. Doshi and his family, this section of the sale comprises paintings, works on paper, prints and sculptures by artists like Bhupen Khakhar, K.G. Subramanyan, Jeram Patel, Sankho Chowdhury and Gulammohammed Sheikh.
Contact:
Nishad Avari
(212) 636 2190
[email protected]
A MAGNIFICENT LARGE BLUE AND WHITE AND IRON-RED ‘DRAGON’ DISH QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795), diam: 19 in. (48.2 cm), cloth box, Lot 1104, Estimate: $1,200,000-2,500,000, Important Chinese Furniture and Works of Art Sale
Important Chinese Furniture and Works of Art
Auction: Friday, March 21, 2025 at 9am EDT (day 1 was on Thursday, March 20 )
Viewing: March 14–15, 17–18, 10am-5pm & March 16, 1-5pm & March 19, 10am-2pm
Important Chinese Furniture and Works of Art is led by two superb private collections of Chinese furniture including a group from Ming/Modern: Classical Chinese Furniture from a Distinguished Family Collection and a group from a distinguished American private collection. Highlights include a magnificent and extremely rare huanghuali ‘official’s hat’ armchair dated to the 17th century and a rare 12-panel huanghuali folding screen, dated to the 17th-18th century. The sale also features an exceptional selection of Ming and Qing ceramics, including a magnificent Qianlong mark-and-period (1736–95) blue and white and iron-red ‘dragon’ dish, a very rare and exceptional Yongzheng mark-and-period (1723–35) famille rose ‘daylily’ cup and a large and rare blue and white ‘chrysanthemum’ dish from the Yongle period (1403–25). Additional highlights include archaic bronze ritual vessels, imperial jade carvings and works from private collections including ceramics and works of art from Centuries of Taste: A Legacy of a Private Collection; early Chinese jades and works of art from the Collection of Dr. Ralph C. Marcove; a selection of Chinese ceramics from the Xiao Meng Lou Collection; a group of fine ceramics from the collection of Mineo Hata; and ceramics from a distinguished Japanese collection acquired from Mayuyama & Co., Ltd., between 1940 and 1990.
Contact:
Rufus Chen
(212) 636 2180
[email protected]
ONLINE AUCTIONS
South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art Online
Auction: March 12 –25, 2025 at 10am EDT
Viewing: March 14–15, 17–18, 10am-5pm & March 16, 1-5pm
Christie’s annual South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art Online auction, taking place from 12 to 25 March, complements our live auction of works from this category, to be held in New York on 19 March. This season, the online auction features a diverse selection of the artistic practices from the 20th and 21st centuries that represent South Asia and its diaspora on the international stage.
The sale offers works across a variety of genres and media at accessible estimates for both new and seasoned collectors, including a strong selection of lots by founders of the Progressive Artists’ Group, Maqbool Fida Husain and Francis Newton Souza. Other highlights include paintings by Eric Bowen, Mohan Samant, Achuthan Kudallur, Sadequain, Zubeida Agha and Avinash Chandra, and notable works on paper and prints by Jagdish Swaminathan, Ivan Peries, Satish Gujral, Gulammohammed Sheikh and Bhupen Khakhar among other artists. Rounding out the catalogue is a selection of works by significant contemporary artists Zarina, Shahzia Sikander, Rina Banerjee, Nalini Malani, Bani Abidi, Nataraj Sharma and Jagannath Panda.
Contact:
Nishad Avari
(212) 636 2190
[email protected]
Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Works of Art
Auction: March 12 –26, 2025 at 10am EDT
Viewing: March 14, 17–18, 10am-5pm & March 15–16, 1-5pm
This season’s sale brings together a superb selection of Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Works of Art. Headlining the sale is a large and well-provenanced Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Maitreya. Additional highlights include a large painting of Buddha Shakyamuni from Xumi Fushou, a rare post-Gupta period image of Buddha, a variety of fine Indian miniature paintings and a published group of Gandharan sculpture. Explore the auction in person at our New York galleries from 14 to 18 March.
Contact:
Hannah Perry
(212) 636 2180
[email protected]
Arts of Asia Online
Auction: March 12 –27, 2025 at 10am EDT
Viewing: March 14–15, 17–18, 10am-5pm; March 16, 1-5pm; March 19, 10am-12pm
This March, Arts of Asia Online presents a curated selection spanning across China, Korea and Japan. Our diverse offering includes ceramics, jade carvings, furniture, lacquerwares, metalwork, sculptures, prints, paintings, and more. Highlights from the sale include a rare calligraphy by the Chinese monk Xutang Zhiyu (1185–1269), a fine selection of 20th-century Japanese prints and a pair of beautiful Huanghuali horseshoe-back armchairs from the Collection of Dorothy Tapper Goldman. With a wide range of estimates, Arts of Asia Online offers opportunities for both burgeoning and established collectors of Asian art.
Contact:
Kathleen Coyne
(212) 636 2180
[email protected]
For an overview of these auctions, click here.
PAST EVENTS
Asian Art Gallery Tours
Friday, March 14, 2025 at 11am EDT (past)
Monday, March 17, 2025 at 11am EDT
Meet at Front Counter
Join us for a tour of Chinese and Korean art with Robert D. Mowry, Christie’s Senior Consultant, Alan J. Dworsky Curator of Chinese Art Emeritus, Harvard Art Museum. Learn insights on the history and provenance behind this season’s collection of fascinating works.
Asian Art Lectures on Saturday, March 15, 2025
10am: Ancient Chinese Ritual Bronzes from the Minneapolis Institute of Art with Dr Liu Yang, Chair of Asian Art and Curator of Chinese Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art
1pm: Landscapes by Arnold Chang: A Retrospective and Recent Acquisitions at the Cleveland Museum of Art with artist Arnold Chang.
3pm: Design in Dialogue: Ming/Modern Classical Chinese Furniture and Design in Contemporary Spaces with panelists Susan Yun, AIA, Founder & Principal, YUN Architecture; Felix Ade, AIA, Principal, YUN Architecture; Penelope August, Interest Designer, Penelope August Studio and moderators Michelle Cheng, Senior Specialist Chinese Works of Art; Victoria Tudor, Specialist, Head of Sale, 20th Century Design
For more information, contact: [email protected] or 212 636 2180.
