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Asia Week New York March 2023: Daily Digest – Day Three

Hamza and his men attacked by a sea creature (detail), opaque watercolor and gold on paper, Mughal style at Bikaner, India, c. 1680 Folio: 9 7/8 x 6 1/3 in; painting: 9 x 5 1/2 in; courtesy Art Passages

Day 3

Asia Week New York continues with a wide selection of exhibitions, dealer appointments, and online shows.

TODAY'S FEATURED EVENTS

  • 3-5pm afternoon tea, INK Studio
  • 3pm: lecture Treasures of the Sakya Tradition with Jeff Watt (Director and Chief Curator at Himalayan Art Resources)
    and 
    Master of the Jagged Water's Edge: New Classification of early 18th century paintings from Mewar with Catherine Glynn
    Both hosted by the department of Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Art at Bonhams. Please note that capacity for this event is limited. Kindly RSVP to [email protected].
  • 5-6pm lecture,Two Milarepa Masterworks, also with Jeff Watt, at Sotheby's.

View all calendar events here

 

Online Exhibitions
March 2023 Online Exhibition
The Asia Week New York 2023 Online Exhibition is live. Browse highlights from the exhibiting dealers as well as selections from upcoming auctions. Some of this year's participants are showing online only. The web address for the Online Exhibition is: march2023.asiaweekny.com

 

All of the dealers mentioned below are open today.

The incredibly animated and illustrative Prints and Drawings by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861), Master of Graphic Storytelling went on to dictate the future of ukiyo-e prints and manga. The show is only on view in person by appointment at the Conrad New York Midtown through tomorrow at Egenolf Gallery Japanese Prints.

 
Tanabe Chikuunsai II, Truthful Flower Basket, 1970, made with madake bamboo and rattan, is part of a showcase of some of the world's premier Japanese bamboo art. Elegant craftsmanship with geometric mastery renders each work independently beautiful and collectively educational at Tai Modern.

 

Exceptional textiles, including this detail of a Ramayana Trade Cloth made in Indonesia for the Indian market and included in the online exhibition have been brought to the Park Lane hotel in NY, where they can be viewed by appointment through the 22nd by Thomas Murray.  They are supplemented with found objects and antipodal jewelry offerings from Indonesia. Thomas Murray.

 

The Asia Week daily digest features one auction highlight per day.

A gilt copper alloy figure of Tara, Nepal, Early Malla Period, 14th century. Part of the Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian art sale at on Tuesday. This large, bejeweled figure sits with her legs loosely crossed in the posture of royal ease, her hips swaying to the side. The heavy copper content of the metal alloy gives this figure with a luxuriant glow. Bonhams.

 

We hope you've enjoyed this daily digest for Day 3 of our 2023 edition! Discover even more exhibitions, auctions and events at asiaweekny.com.