ASIA WEEK NEW YORK AUCTIONS
We are excited to celebrate New York Asia Week with two unmissable auctions featuring masterpieces of Japanese and Asian Art this month! The March 20-21 events are led by Hokusai’s The Great Wave from the Nelkin Collection, rare Japanese woodblock prints and exceptional Chinese, Korean and Himalayan treasures. Be sure to view highlights of these sales at our New York City showroom from March 13-20!
A Chinese Iron-Red-Ground Gilt-Decorated Double Beast Handled Vase, Daoguang period, marks: Shendetang Mark, 8-1/4 x 5-1/4 x 5-1/4 in (21.0 x 13.3 x 13.3 cm), Lot #78065, Estimate: US$1,000-1,500, Fine & Decorative Asian Art Signature® Auction #8192
Fine & Decorative Asian Art Signature® Auction #8192
Auction: Friday, March 21, 2025, 10am and 2pm CT at 2801 W. Airport Freeway Dallas
NYC Highlights Viewing: March 13–15 & 17–20, 10am-5pm at 445 Park Avenue, NYC (By Appointment Only)
1 – Signature® Floor Session (Live Floor, Live Phone, Mail, Fax, Internet, and Heritage Live):
(Lots 78001-78144) – 10am Central Time, Friday, March 21, 2025
(Proxy bidding ends ten minutes prior to the session start time. Live Proxy bidding on Heritage Live now starts within 2 hours of when the auction opens for proxy bidding and continues through the live session.)
2 – Signature® Internet Session – No Floor or Phone Bidding (Mail, Fax, Internet, and Heritage Live):
(Lots 78145-78253) – 2pm Central Time, Friday, March 21, 2025
(Proxy bidding ends ten minutes prior to the session start time. Live Proxy bidding on Heritage Live now starts within 2 hours of when the auction opens for proxy bidding and continues through the live session.)
The celebration of Asia Week continues on March 21 with our Asian Art Signature® Auction featuring an exquisite array of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian treasures. From Song dynasty ceramics to Ming dynasty jades and Qing dynasty porcelains, paintings and textiles, this auction brings together significant works from prestigious private collections, including that of the family of Yen Sheng-Po, a founding member of Hong Kong’s Kau Chi Society of Chinese Art and a close associate of Zhang Daqian. The auction offers porcelains, paintings, jades, and other scholar’s objects from the collection, including this dramatic dragon-starring, beast-handled vase and a Ming dynasty jade duck enriched with skillfully carved and incised featherwork.
PAST AUCTION
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), Under the Wave Off Kanagawa (The Great Wave) (Kanagawa oki nami ura), from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei), c. 1831, woodblock print embellished with light mica powder, 9-7/8 x 14-5/8 in (25.1 x 37.1 cm) (sheet, ōban), signed: Hokusai aratame Iitsu hitsu, published by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō), Lot #78015, Estimate: US$100,000-150,000, Japanese Woodblock Prints from The Nelkin Collection Part III Signature® Auction #8191
Japanese Woodblock Prints from The Nelkin Collection Part III Signature® Auction #8191
Auction: Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10am and 2pm CT at 2801 W. Airport Freeway Dallas
NYC Highlights Viewing: March 13–15 & 17–20, 10am-5pm at 445 Park Avenue, NYC (By Appointment Only)
1 – Signature® Floor Session – Floor (Live Floor, Live Phone, Mail, Fax, Internet, and Heritage Live):
(Lots 78001-78181) – 10am Central Time, Thursday, March 20, 2025
(Proxy bidding ends ten minutes prior to the session start time. Live Proxy bidding on Heritage Live now starts within 2 hours of when the auction opens for proxy bidding and continues through the live session.)
2 – Signature® Internet Session – Non-Floor – No Floor or Phone Bidding (Mail, Fax, Internet, and Heritage Live):
(Lots 78182-78279) – 2pm Central Time, Thursday, March 20, 2025
(Proxy bidding ends ten minutes prior to the session start time. Live Proxy bidding on Heritage Live now starts within 2 hours of when the auction opens for proxy bidding and continues through the live session.)
Few images in art history have captivated the world like Under the Wave Off Kanagawa, more commonly known as The Great Wave. Created by Katsushika Hokusai in the early 1830s, this masterpiece of Japanese woodblock printing has become a global icon, influencing artists and collectors for nearly two centuries. We are honored to offer a rare, early impression of The Great Wave as a centerpiece of our March 20 auction.
This auction marks the final installment of the highly successful Nelkin Collection series, following two record-setting Asian Art sales in June and September 2024, which together set more than 60 world-record prices. This concluding sale presents an expertly curated selection of works by Japan’s most renowned printmakers, including Suzuki Harunobu, Utagawa Hiroshige I, Utagawa Hiroshige II, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Totoya Hokkei, Keisai Eisen, Kawase Hasui and Yoshida Hiroshi.
