Christie's Asia Week Results

Christie's is reporting the total for their  seven Asia week sales was $69 million.

The sales, results and top lots are as follows:

• THE DORIS WIENER COLLECTION,

 $12,796,43,93% by lot/96% by $

Top Lot: Lot 92 An important gilt bronze figure of Padmapani Nepal, 13th CenturyEstimate: $250,000 – 350,000  Price realized: $2,490,500

• INDIAN AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN ART

$6,329,750 63% by lot/76% by $

Top Lot: Lot 836 An Important Buff Sandstone Torso Of Uma Khmer, Angkor Period, Pre-Rup, 10th Century Estimate: $350,000 – 450,000 Price realized: $1,142,500

• JAPANESE & KOREAN ART

$1,730,875 61% by lot/36% by $

Top Lot: Lot 974 An Iron-Oxide And Slip-Decorated Earthenware Incense Burner, Kenzan ware, Edo period dated Shotoku kinoto-bi toshi (1715) Estimate: $150,000 - 200,000 Price realized: $194,500

• SOUTH ASIAN MODERN + CONTEMPORARY ART

$7,782,250 69% by lot/82% by $

Top Lot: Lot 529 Tyeb Mehta, Untitled (Figures with Bull Head),  oil on canvas, painted in 1984 Estimate: $1,500,000 – 2,000,000 Price realized: $1,762,500

• AUSPICIOUS TREASURES FOR  SCHOLARS AND EMPERORS SELECTIONS FROM THE ROBERT H. BLUMENFIELD COLLECTION 

$6,467,600 64% by lot/75% by $

Top Lot: Lot 1249 An Extremely Rare Yixing Lotus Petal-Form Water Vessel, Signed Chen Mingyuan Estimate: $200,000 - 300,000 Price Realized: $506,500

• LUMINOUS PERFECTION: FINE CHINESE MIRRORS FROM THE ROBERT H. ELLSWORTH COLLECTION

$2,174,375 89% by lot/96% by $

Top Lot:
Lot 1462 A Magnificent And Very Rare Silvery Bronze Octalobed Mirror With Cranes Tang Dynasty (618-907) Estimate: $100,000 - 150,000 Price Realized: $482,500

• FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART

$31,356,875 72% by lot/78% by $

Top Lot: Lot 1746 A Fine and Rare Large Huanghuali Painting Table, Hua'an 17th Century Estimate: $400,000 - 600,000 Price Realized: $1,202,500

Christie's reported on the sale

Jonathan Stone, Chairman and International Head, Asian Art, said: “Christie's drove the Asia Week market in New York.  Led by distinguished single owner collections, including The Doris Wiener Collection, Luminous Perfection: Fine Chinese Mirrors from the Robert H. Ellsworth Collection, and Auspicious Treasures for Scholars and Emperors: Selections from the Robert H. Blumenfield Collection, the week achieved an overall total of $69 million, which demonstrated our preeminence in this field.”

Source: Christie's