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are modern paintings, with fewer than 10 classical examples, on offer. Tough small, Zhang Da Qian’s landscape, Bridge to a Mountain Temple Shrouded by Prismatic Clouds, in splashed ink and colour on paper and mounted for framing is freely painted in exuberant colour (est $220/280,000). Te more traditional very large hanging scroll of a landscape in ink and colour on paper, Invitation to Visit, is signed and dated and has a dedication to Tang inviting him to visit Zhang in these mountains (est $200/300,000).


SOTHEBY’S Fine Classical Chinese


Paintings and Calligraphy Thursday, 13 September, 2pm, 160 lots, $6,500,000-8,500,000


Classical paintings form less than 20 percent of those offered as these are increasingly hard to find, and about a third of the sale is devoted


to


calligraphy. Modern works from US private collections predominate (20- 30 lots are from the Junkunc Collection), but a private Canadian and a private Taiwan collection are also included. A very long and very rare handscroll, Song Dynasty Poems and Essay Exceptions in Running Script, in ink on gold-dusted paper, by the famed Ming-dynasty master, Dong Qichang (1555-1636), stands out among the calligraphy (est $100/200,000). Te star lot is a hanging scroll, Landscape of Yushan, in ink on paper by Wang Yuanqi (1642-1715), one of the four Wangs. Tis is a well-documented work with collector’s seals from one 18th century and several 19th-century Chinese collectors and a publication history going back to Japan in 1935. It was sold in these rooms on 14 September 2016 in Te Roy and Marilynn Papp Collection of Chinese Paintings for $2,110,000 (lot 568, est $350/550,000) and is being reoffered here (est $350/550,000). Once again a painting by Zhang Daqian, this one of a Dancing Lotus in ink and colour on paper and mounted for framing, is likely to be one of the most desirable modern works. It has a dedication to Ma Qixun (Carl Ma) to whom it was a gift from the artist (est $220/400,000).


Asian Art Saturday, 15 September 10am and 2pm, 560 lots, $1,800,000-2,800,000


SOTHEBY’S Saturday at Sotheby’s:


Due to the large number of lots this promises to be a long sale. Composed primarily of Chinese ceramics, works of art and 150 paintings, there are also 35 Indian and Southeast Asian lots. Several Himalayan paintings from


the Jucker Collection, sold in these rooms on 28 March 2006 are part of this sale. Tere are several single owner sequences, among them 40 lots from the Junkunc Collection, containing a large group of reference books. Te scholar’s objects in the sale include a collection of Qing-dynasty ink stones and ink cakes. Not often seen is an acupuncture training set dating to the Yongzheng period (1678-1735) with the bronze model, the tools and the texts (est $30/50,000). Also likely to be of interest is a large Qing-dynasty 18th/19th-century grisaille and iron- red ‘Immortals’ enamelled porcelain plaque (est $30/50,000). Te best of the selection of 12 textiles is a Qing- dynasty, Jiaqing period (1760-1820) blue embroidered ‘dragon’ robe, jifu (est $10/15,000).


OTHER AUCTIONS


Asian Works of Art, 4 to 25 October


iGAVEL Online Fall Auction of


Te online auction house, founded by Lark Mason, is having its autumn Asian Art event in October with viewing days in New York during Fall Asia Week and in New Braunfels in Texas in early October. Highlights, so far, include a Japanese eight-panel folding screen, from the Edo period (est $60/90,000, listed with no reserve), a Chinese celadon jade ‘Boys’ vase, height 14.2 cm (est $15/25,000), and an untitled painting by the Indian artist Jamini Roy (1887-1972), tempera on card, 34.0 x 44.4 cm, offered at $4/6,000. • Igavelauctions.com, viewings in New York at 227 East 120th Street, 8 to 15 September.


GIANGUAN AUCTIONS New York, 8 September


In their annual autumn sale, a


highlight is a pair of Warring States ritual dou with stylised bixie and kui dragons which has an estimate of $200,000. Other highlights include a collection of calligraphy, including a Tang-dynasty calligraphy by Liu Gongquan (est $2-5 million) and a Yuan landscape by Huang Gongwang (Lot 131, $600,000-$1,200,000). In the classical paintings section


Detail from an eight-panel Japanese folding screen, chikuo hitsu, Edo period, 163.3 x 62.2 cm, est $60/90,000, iGavel


there are several works by Xu Beihong, including Horse Standing, from 1940, that depicts a three-quarter profile of a black horse on a green and tan field (est $50,000). Tere are three works by Yangyong Ding, who witnessed and then experimented with 20th century movements in modern art, Frogs,


Cat and Butterfly, and


Chrysanthemum and Insects, each carry an low estimate of $3,000. Te ceramics section features several


examples of blue and white from the Ming to Qing dynasties, including a famille-rose Qing-dynasty enamel bat cup with Luohan (est $20/30,000) and a Qing-dynasty silver glazed zun (est $20/30,000). A Song-dynasty


junyao tripod censer with a soft blue ground has an estimate of $1/3,000. Gianguan’s best-selling categories


are zisha teapots, which are catalogued as lots 261-272, and Chinese seals of Shoushan, Furon, and Tianhuang


iGAVEL AUCTIONS


stone, catalogued at lots 37-42 and 45-57 with most lots running from a few hundred dollars to $1,500. To open the sale, there is a selection of snuff bottles, lots 1-14, which have a variety of estimates up to $2,000.


Untitled painting by Jamini Roy (18870-1972), India, tempera on card, 34.9 x 44.4 cm, est $4/6,000, iGavel


Pair of dou, inlaid bixie-form vessels, Warring States period, height 19 inches, est $200,000, Gianguan Auctions


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ASIAN WORKS OF ART AUCTION


Presented by Lark Mason Associates Online iGavelAuctions.com | October 4-25, 2018


Exhibitions


September 8-15 229 East 120th Street New York, NY


October (TBA) 210 West Mill Street New Braunfels, TX


office@LarkMasonAssociates.com +1 212.289.5524


Japanese Eight-Panel Folding Screen (illustrated) Chikuo Hitsu, Edo Period, size 166.3 cm x 497.6 cm


OFFERED WITH NO RESERVE


SEPTEMBER 2018 ASIAN ART


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