Christie's

An Important White Porcelain Moon Jar

Joseon Dynasty (18th Century)

17 ¾ in. (45.1 cm.) high

$1,000,000 – 2,000,000

Japanese and Korean Art
21 March 10:00 AM EDT
Lot 177

Christie's

Property From a Private European Collection

Katsushika Hokusai

(1760-1849)

Kanagawa oki nami ura (Under the well of the Great Wave off Kanagawa) [“Great Wave”]

$500,000 – 700,000

Japanese and Korean Art
21 March 10:00 AM EDT
Lot 122

Christie's

Anonymous

(Early 17th Century)

Waterwheel and Plovers on the Uji River

Pair of six-panel screens; ink, color, gold and gold leaf on paper

60 5/8 x 139 1/8 in. (154 x 353.4 cm.) each approx.

PROVENANCE
Otani Family, Honganji Temple, Kyoto
Auction of Old collection of Otani Family of Honganji Temple, vol 2, Kyoto, lot 1425

$120,000 – 150,000

Japanese and Korean Art
21 March 10:00 AM EDT
Lot 21

Christie's

Property From a Private European Collection

Park Sookeun

(1914-1965)

Three Seated Women, 1962

Oil on artist’s board; original frame

15 x 3 5/8 in. (38.1 x 9.2 cm.)

$400,000 – 600,000

Japanese and Korean Art
21 March 10:00 AM EDT
Lot 186

Christie's

A Rare Painting of Milarepa

Tibet, 17th-18th Century

28 7/8 x 18 7/8 in. (73.3 x 47.9 cm.)

PROVENANCE
H.M. Tuladhar, Hangu Tsangyon, Lhasa, probably before 1962.
Collection of Shail Upadhya (1935-2013), New York.
Collection of Baroness von Langendorff , New York.

LITERATURE
Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 24879.

$200,000-300,000

Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Works of Art
22 March 8:30 AM EDT
Lot 329

Christie's

A Large Gilt-Bronze Figure of Akshobhya

Tibet, 15th Century

13⅞ in. (35.2 cm.) high

PROVENANCE

Galerie Koller, Zurich, May 1991, Lot 61.

LITERATURE
Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 24871.

$120,000-180,000

Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Works of Art
22 March 8:30 AM EDT
Lot 315

Christie's

A Large and Important Grey Schist Figure of Buddha Shakyamuni

Ancient Region of Gandhara, 3rd-4th Century CE

49⅜ in. (125.4 cm.) high

PROVENANCE
Private collection, Japan, by 1987.

EXHIBITED
Kyoto, Ryukoku Museum, “Tales of Buddhist Saints”, 18 April- 14 June 2020, no.1-1.

LITERATURE
Me no Me, (Ribun shuppan , May 1987), p. 10.
Eurasian Art, Gandhara + Chinese Art, July 2020, no. 11.

$600,000-800,000

Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Works of Art
22 March 8:30 AM EDT
Lot 357

Christie's

An Illustration from a Harivamsa Series: Narada Warns Kamsa

India, Punjab Hills, Attributed to Purku, Circa 1820

folio 14⅜ x 18⅝ in. (36.5 x 47.3 cm.)
image 12⅝ x 17 in. (32.1 x 43.2 cm.)

PROVENANCE
Acquired by Stanley A Kaplan, during the 1940s-1950s, by repute.

$60,000-80,000

Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Works of Art
22 March 8:30 AM EDT
Lot 384

Christie's

Manjit Bawa

(1941-2008)

Untitled (Durga)

oil on canvas

68 x 81 in. (172.7 x 205.8 cm.)

Painted in 2004

PROVENANCE
The Estate of Manjit Bawa
Christie's New York, 15 September 2010, lot 345
Christie's New York, 17 September 2014, lot 513
Acquired from the above by the present owner

$1,000,000-1,500,000

South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art
22 March 2023
Lot 510

Christie's

Akbar Padamsee

(1928-2020)

Rouen

signed and dated 'PADAMSEE 61' (upper right)
oil on board

45⅝ x 35 in. (115.9 x 88.9 cm.)
Painted in 1961

PROVENANCE
Acquired by Jack and Estelle Peisach, circa early 1960s

LITERATURE
Akbar Padamsee, exhibition catalogue, New Delhi, 1980, p. 14 (illustrated)
Shamlal, Akbar Padamsee, Bombay, 1964, p. 34 (illustrated)
B. Padamsee and A. Garimella eds., Akbar Padamsee, Work in Language, Mumbai, 2010, p. 196 (illustrated)

$250,000-350,000

South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art
22 March 2023
Lot 530

Christie's

Francis Newton Souza

(1924-2002)

View from Crawford Market, Bombay

signed 'NEWTON' (lower right); further inscribed, dated and titled 'F.N. SOUZA / 1946 / VIEW FROM CRAWFORD MARKET / BOMBAY' (on the reverse)

oil on panel
30⅛ x 30⅛ in. (76.5 x 76.5 cm.)

Painted in 1946

PROVENANCE
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

LITERATURE
Aziz Kurtha, FN Souza: Bridging Western and Indian Art, Ahmedabad, 2006, p.14 (illustrated)

$300,000-500,000

South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art
22 March 2023
Lot 506

Christie's

Abdur Rahman Chughtai

(1894-1975)

Yasoda

signed 'Rahman Chughtai' and titled 'Yassoda' (on the reverse)
watercolor on paper
22¼  x 17¾ in. (56.5 x 45.1 cm.)
Executed circa 1930s

PROVENANCE
The collection of the artist
Thence by descent

EXHIBITED
New Delhi, circa early 1950s

LITERATURE
S. Kashmira Singh, Chughtai's Indian Paintings, New Delhi, 1951, pl. 12 (illustrated)

$35,000-50,000

South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art
22 March 2023
Lot 571

Christie's

A Magnificent Langyao Baluster Vase, Guanyin Zun

Kangxi Period (1662-1722)

17 ½ in. (44.5 cm.) high

PROVENANCE
Mr. and Mrs. John E. (1813-1904) Berwind, and by descent from Edward Julius Berwind (1848-1936), Newport, Rhode Island.
Skinner’s Boston, 21 October 2006, lot 395.
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4295.

$120,000-180,000

J. J. Lally & Co.
23 March 2023, 08:30 AM EDT
Lot 900

Christie's

A Very Rare Guan Bottle Vase

Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279)

5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high

PROVENANCE
Stephen D. Winkworth (d. 1938) Collection, London.
Sotheby's London, 26 April 1938, lot 32.
Dr. Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Ekolsund, Sweden.
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4445.

LITERATURE
B. Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, p. 68, pl. 168.
Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol. 8, Tokyo, 1982, pl. 138.

$700,000-900,000

J. J. Lally & Co.
23 March 2023, 08:30 AM EDT
Lot 881

Christie's

A Very Rare Brown-Splashed Qingbai ‘Sheng Player’ Ewer

Northern Song Dynasty (AD 960-1127)

7 ¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high

PROVENANCE
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4621.

$150,000-200,000

J. J. Lally & Co.
23 March 2023, 08:30 AM EDT
Lot 876

Christie's

A Very Rare Imperial Fahua Jar, Guan

Chenghua-Hongzhi Period, Late 15th Century

7 ¼ in. (18.4 cm.) high

PROVENANCE
Private collection, France.
Beaussant Lefevre, Art d’Asie, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 29 April 2011, lot 15.

$200,000-300,000

J. J. Lally & Co.
23 March 2023, 08:30 AM EDT
Lot 896

Christie's

Property From a Private North American Collection

An Exceptional and Very Rare Huanghuali Folding Chair

17th Century

42 ¾ in. (108.6 cm.) high, 31 in. (78.7 cm.) wide, 22 ¾ in. (57.8 cm.) deep

PROVENANCE
Peter Lai Antiques, Hong Kong.
Private collection, Japan, early 1990s.
Christie's Hong Kong, 29-30 October 1994, lot 601.

$2,000,000-3,000,000

Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
Thursday 23 March at 2.00pm (Lots 1001-1090)
Friday 24 March at 8.30am (1101-1175)
Friday 24 March at 2.00pm (1201-1298)
Lot 1148

Christie's

Property From a Private French Collection

A Rare and Important Bronze Ritual Wine Vessel, Jue

Early Western Zhou Dynasty, 11th-10th Century BC

8 ½ in. (20.9 cm.) high

PROVENANCE
Liu Tizhi (1879-1963) Collection.
Sotheby’s London, The Eumorfopoulos Collections; 28-31 May 1940, lot 477.
Private noble collection, Portugal.
Une collection européenne; Daguerre, Hôtel Drouot, 29 March 2013, lot 97.

LITERATURE
Luo Zhenyu, Zhensongtang jigu yiwen (Gathering of Ancient Writings at the Zhensongtang Studio), 1934, 10. 10. 1.
Liu Tizhi, Xiaojiaojinge jinwen taben (Rubbings of Archaic Bronze Inscriptions at the Xiaojiaojingge Studio), 1935, 6. 52. 7.
Luo Zhenyu, Sandai jijin wencun (Surviving Writings from the Xia, Shang, and Zhou Dynasties), 1937, vol. 16, p. 17, no. 6.
Yan Yiping, Jinwen Zongji (Corpus of Bronze Inscriptions), Taipei, 1983, p. 2229, no. 3902.
Zhongguo shehui kexue yuan kaogu yanjiusuo (The Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences), ed., Yinzhou jinwen jicheng (Compendium of Yin and Zhou Bronze Inscriptions), Beijing, 1993, vol. 14, p. 97, no. 8604 (rubbing of inscription).
Wang Xiantang, Guoshi jinshi zhigao (A Record of Bronze and Stone Inscriptions in Chinese History), Qingdao, 2004, vol. 4, p. 743, no. 343.
Wu Zhenfeng, Shang Zhou qingtongqi mingwen ji tuxiang jicheng (A Collection of Inscriptions and Images of Shang and Zhou Archaic Bronzes), Shanghai, 2012, vol. 16, p. 108, no. 7913.
Mao Jiexin, Shang Zhou jin wen lin mo jing xuan (Selected Bronze Inscriptions of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties), Hangzhou, 2018, p. 32 (rubbing of inscription).

$250,000-350,000

Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
Thursday 23 March at 2.00pm (Lots 1001-1090)
Friday 24 March at 8.30am (1101-1175)
Friday 24 March at 2.00pm (1201-1298)
Lot 1109

Christie's

Property From a Private Collection

A Large Sandstone Figure of Maitreya

Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907)

46 ½ in. (118.1 cm.) high

PROVENANCE
J. T. Tai & Co., Inc., New York.
Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987) Collections.
Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Columbia University.
Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 2001.

EXHIBITED
Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Fitchburg Art Museum, Asia Unearthed: Treasures from the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 2 October 2005-19 February 2006.
Tufts University, 2009-2020.

$200,000-300,000

Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
Thursday 23 March at 2.00pm (Lots 1001-1090)
Friday 24 March at 8.30am (1101-1175)
Friday 24 March at 2.00pm (1201-1298)
Lot 1123

Christie's

An Exquisite and Very Rare Small Doucai Moon Flask

Yongzheng Period (1723-1735)

7 in. (17.8 cm.) high

PROVENANCE
Important Japanese collection, acquired prior to 1970.

$150,000-250,000

Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
Thursday 23 March at 2.00pm (Lots 1001-1090)
Friday 24 March at 8.30am (1101-1175)
Friday 24 March at 2.00pm (1201-1298)
Lot 1060