Christie's

A Green-Laced Gomaido-Gusoku (Armor)

Edo Period (18th-19th Century)

PROVENANCE
Hasegawa Kisaburo, Yamagata Prefecture

LITERATURE
Yamagata shi kyoiku iinkai, Yoroi kabuto ten (Armour, helmet exhibition) (Yamagata shi kyoiku iinkai, 1957), pp 13.

EXHIBITED
"Yoroi kabuto ten" (Armour, helmet exhibition), Marukyu department store, Yamagata City, 23 May-2 July 1957

$30,000-40,000

Japanese and Korean Art
20 September 10:00 AM EDT
Lot 113

Christie's

Kawase Hasui

(1883-1957)

Kishu toro

Horizontal oban: 10.1/2 x 15 in. (26.7 x 38.1 cm.)

$1,000-2,000

Japanese and Korean Art Online
14 September 10:00 AM - 27 September 10:00 AM EDT
Lot 100

Christie's

A Rare and Fine Painting of a Shat Chakravarti Mandala

Central Tibet, 15th-16th Century

28½ x 24 in. (72.4 cm. x 61 cm.)

PROVENANCE
William H. Wolff, New York, 20 February 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.
Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 24779.

$400,000-600,000

The John C. and Susan L. Huntington Collection
21 September 2022, 8:30 AM EDT
Lot 412

Christie's

A Rare and Fine Silver and Copper-Inlaid Bronze Figure of Namasanghiti Manjushri

Northeastern India, Pala Period, 12th Century

3¼ in. (8.3 cm.) high

PROVENANCE
Private collection, acquired in London, 1988.

LITERATURE
Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 24822

$80,000-120,000

Indian and Himalayan Art Online featuring The John C. and Susan L. Huntington Collection
14 September 10:00 AM - 28 September 10:00 AM
Lot 34

Christie's

Arpita Singh

(B. 1937)

A Woman with Another Woman

oil on canvas

59.3/8 x 29.1/2 in. (150.8 x 74.9 cm.)

Painted in 1995

PROVENANCE
Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata
Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2004

LITERATURE
Arpita Singh - Exhibition of Paintings, exhibition catalogue, Kolkata, 1995 (illustrated, unpaginated)
D. Ananth, Arpita Singh, New Delhi, 2015, p. 138 (illustrated)

EXHIBITED
Kolkata, Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Arpita Singh - Exhibition of Paintings, 19 January - 4 February, 1996

$300,000-500,000

Centering the Figure: South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art from the Collection of Romi Lamba
21 September, 10:00 AM EDT
Lot 527

Christie's

Property from the Collection of Alfred C. Stepan

Ram Kumar

(1924-2018)

Untitled (Girl)

oil on canvas

32 x 24 in. (81.3 x 61 cm.)

Painted circa late 1950s

PROVENANCE
Kumar Gallery, New Delhi
Acquired from the above, circa 1960s
Thence by descent

LITERATURE
G. Gill ed., Ram Kumar: A Journey Within, New Delhi, 1996, p. 56 (illustrated)
Spirit Set Free, exhibition catalogue, New Delhi, 2005, p. 182 (illustrated)

EXHIBITED
New Delhi, Kumar Art Gallery, 1959

$220,000-280,000

South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art
21 September, 12:30pm
Lot 606

Christie's

Property from a Private American Collection

A Rare and Important Molded and Biscuit-Reserved Longquan Celadon Octagonal Vase, Meiping

Yuan Dynasty, 14th Century

10 in. (25.4 cm.) high

PROVENANCE
Chingwah Lee (1901-1980) Collection, San Francisco.
Sotheby’s Los Angeles, 8 June 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, 4 November 2000 - 7 January 2001; San Francisco, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 21 February - 13 May 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.

$600,000-800,000

Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
22 September 08:30 AM EDT – 23 September 08:30 AM EDT
Lot 927

Christie's

Chinese Jades from the Collection of T. Eugene Worrell

A Superb Yellow Jade Figure of a Recumbent Mythical Beast

Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)

4 1/8 in. (10.8 cm.) long, hardwood stand

PROVENANCE
The Gerald Godfrey Collection.
The Gerald Godfrey Private Collection of Fine Chinese Jades; Christie's Hong Kong, 30 October 1995, lot 866.

EXHIBITED
Pasadena, Pacific Asia Museum, Chinese Jade: The Image from Within, 1986.
San Antonio, San Antonio Museum of Art, 1986.
Dayton, The Dayton Art Institute, January 1989.
Palm Springs, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Magic, Art & Order: Jade in Chinese Culture, 8 February – 29 April 1990.
Charlottesville, Worrell Family Offices Gallery, 1995-2022.

LITERATURE
P. Cardeiro, “Chinese Jade: The Image from Within,” Arts of Asia, November-December 1985, pp. 151-154, fig. 3.
Pacific Asia Museum, Chinese Jade: The Image from Within, Pasadena, 1986, p. 44, no. 64.
Wu Hung, “Tradition and Innovation: Ancient Chinese Jades in the Gerald Godfrey Collection,” Orientations, November 1986, p. 41, fig. 10.
C. W. Kelley, Stones of Virtue: Chinese Jades from the Gerald Godfrey Collection, Dayton, 1989, p. 47, no. 232.
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Magic, Art & Order: Jade in Chinese Culture, Palm Springs, 1990, p. 97, no. 96.

$100,000-150,000

Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
22 September 8:30 AM EDT – 23 September 8:30 AM EDT
Lot 715

Christie's

Property from a South Florida Private Collection

A Large Blue and White 'Dragon' Dish

Guangxu Six-Character Mark in Underglaze Blue and of the Period (1875-1908)

13 ¾ in. (34.8 cm.) diam.

PROVENANCE
Acquired in Virginia, 1988.

EXHIBITED
Miami, Miami Museum of Science, Inc., The Dinosaurs of China, 1 April 2007- 1 June 2008.

$2,000-3,000

Art of China Online
14 September 10:00 AM EDT-29 September 9:00 AM EDT
Lot 11

Christie's

Attributed to Wang Shichang

(15-16th Century)

Wanderers in Spring Hills

Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk

80 7/8 x 45 1/8 in. (205.3 x 114.5 cm.)

PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s New York, Fine Chinese Decorative Works of Art, 9-10 October 1987, Lot 13;
David Drabkin Collection.

LITERATURE
Barnhart, Richard, Painters of the Great Ming: The Imperial Court and the Zhe School, Dallas, the Dallas Museum of Art, 1993, no. 82, p. 270.

EXHIBITED
New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Imperial Painting of the Ming Dynasty: The Zhe School, 10 March – 9 May 1993;
Dallas, the Dallas Museum of Art, Imperial Painting of the Ming Dynasty: The Zhe School, 3 June – 1 August 1993;
On loan: New Haven, Yale University Art Gallery, 1989-2020.

$40,000-60,000

Thoughts Across the Waters: Asian Art from the David Drabkin Collection
14 September 10:00 AM - 28 September 09:00 AM EDT
Lot 3