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A Very Rare Pair of Huanghuali Drum Stools, 17th century, Christie's top lot Asia Week September 2022, sold $1,500,000
A Very Rare Pair of Huanghuali Drum Stools, 17th century, Christie's top lot Asia Week September 2022, sold $1,500,000

A Rare and Fine Painting of a Shat Chakravaarti Mandala, Central Tibet,
15th-16th century, 28½ x 24 in. (72.4 cm. x 61 cm.)
Provenance:
William H. Wolff, New York, February 20, 1968
The John C. and Susan L. Huntington Collection, Columbus, Ohio
Exhibited:
On loan to Los Angeles County Museum of Art (L.68.4), 1968-1970.
Los Angeles Country Museum of Art and Columbus Museum of Art, The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art, 5 October 2003- 9 May 2004, cat. no. 87.
Literature:
John C. Huntington and Dina Bangdel, The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art, Columbus, 2003, pp. 313-316, cat. no. 87.
Sold $441,000, The John C. and Susan L. Huntington Collection, September 21, Lot 412
A Rare and Fine Painting of a Shat Chakravaarti Mandala, Central Tibet,
15th-16th century, 28½ x 24 in. (72.4 cm. x 61 cm.)
Provenance:
William H. Wolff, New York, February 20, 1968
The John C. and Susan L. Huntington Collection, Columbus, Ohio
Exhibited:
On loan to Los Angeles County Museum of Art (L.68.4), 1968-1970.
Los Angeles Country Museum of Art and Columbus Museum of Art, The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art, 5 October 2003- 9 May 2004, cat. no. 87.
Literature:
John C. Huntington and Dina Bangdel, The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art, Columbus, 2003, pp. 313-316, cat. no. 87.
Sold $441,000, The John C. and Susan L. Huntington Collection, September 21, Lot 412

A Rare and Important Molded and Biscuit-Reserved Longquan Celadon Octagonal Vase, Meiping, Yuan dynasty (14th century), H. 10 in. (25.4 cm.)
Provenance:
Chingwah Lee (1901-1980) Collection, San Francisco
Sotheby’s Los Angeles, June 8, 1981, lot 306
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Chia Collection, Singapore
An Important Private Collection of Chinese Celadons and Other Ceramics: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 5 November 1996, lot 611
Eskenazi, London
The Property of a Gentleman; Christie’s New York, 22 March 1999, lot 271
Exhibited:
Taoism and the Arts of China, Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, November 4, 2000-January 7, 2001; San Francisco, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, February 21-May 13, 2001.
Literature:
J. Thompson, Chinese Celadons: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Chia, Arts of Asia, November-December 1993, p. 67, fig. 10 (right).
S. Little, Taoism and the Arts of China, Chicago, 2000, p. 319, no. 117.
Estimate: $882,000, Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, September 22 at 08:30am EDT – September 23 at 08:30am EDT, Lot 927
A Rare and Important Molded and Biscuit-Reserved Longquan Celadon Octagonal Vase, Meiping, Yuan dynasty (14th century), H. 10 in. (25.4 cm.)
Provenance:
Chingwah Lee (1901-1980) Collection, San Francisco
Sotheby’s Los Angeles, June 8, 1981, lot 306
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Chia Collection, Singapore
An Important Private Collection of Chinese Celadons and Other Ceramics: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 5 November 1996, lot 611
Eskenazi, London
The Property of a Gentleman; Christie’s New York, 22 March 1999, lot 271
Exhibited:
Taoism and the Arts of China, Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, November 4, 2000-January 7, 2001; San Francisco, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, February 21-May 13, 2001.
Literature:
J. Thompson, Chinese Celadons: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Chia, Arts of Asia, November-December 1993, p. 67, fig. 10 (right).
S. Little, Taoism and the Arts of China, Chicago, 2000, p. 319, no. 117.
Estimate: $882,000, Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, September 22 at 08:30am EDT – September 23 at 08:30am EDT, Lot 927
Auctions and Viewings
Asia Week New York September 2022 at Christie's
Sales Results
Christie’s Asian Art Week achieved a total of $35,378,754 with almost 80% sold by lot and 117% hammer above low estimate. There was global participation with bidders from almost 40 nations across five continents. The top lot of the week came in the Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art sale. A Very Rare Pair of Huanghuali Drum Stools, dating from the 17th century, realized $1,500,000, more than 12 times its low estimate of $120,000. Other notable results from the Chinese sale included the top lot in a group of 60 Chinese Jades From the Collection of T. Eugene Worrell, A Superb Yellow Jade Figure Of A Recumbent Mythical Beast, dating from the Ming Dynasty, which brought $441,000, more than four times its low estimate of $100,000. The South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art sale saw Untitled (bird, tree and mountain series) by Jagdish Swaminathan fetch $819,000, 455% by low estimate. The top lot of the John C. and Susan L. Huntington Collection sale was a rare and fine painting of a Shat Chakravarti Mandala from 15th-16th Century Tibet that fetched $441,000. The sale of the property of a noted connoisseur, Centering the Figure: South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art from the Collection of Romi Lamba, included Cocoon, a painting by the Mumbai artist, Anju Dodiya, which realized $327,600, more than 650% by low estimate. The sale of Japanese and Korean Art included a Nagasone Katana from the property from the Kaisendo Museum Collection, which realized $239,400, nearly five times its low estimate.