NEW YORK, NY.- Asia Week at Sotheby’s will be led by two single-owner sales of Chinese Works of Art. The Reverend Richard Fabian Collection of Chinese Classical Furniture will feature 63 lots from one of the few remaining private collections of Chinese hardwood furniture in the United States of such scope and magnitude. Ranging from small table-top objects such as brushpots to a Pair of Rare and Exceptional Huanghuali And Huamu ‘Fu’ Character Yokeback Armchairs, this sale will be offered without reserve (estimate $500/700,000).

Chinese Art from Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts
15 March 2016, 2pm
A dedicated sale of Chinese Art from the Rosen House will feature a broad range of Song Dynasty to early 20th Century ceramics and works of art, many of which were acquired by the Rosens in the mid-20th century. The sale will be led by an exceptional selection of Imperial enameled metal wares dating from the Ming and Qing dynasties. A Rare and Impressive Cloisonné-Enamel and Gilt-Bronze Five-Piece Altar Garniture (Wugong) represents the pinnacle of artistic and technical achievement of imperial enamel craftsmanship during the Qianlong period of the Qing dynasty (estimate $300/500,000).

Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art
15 March 2016, 10am
111 lots of Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art will be sold on Tuesday, March 15th. The sale is anchored by a monumental painting by Vasudeo S. Gaitonde. Untitled (1960) is the largest known painting by the artist, and the highest-estimated work of art at Sotheby’s Asia Week (estimate $2.5/3.5 million). Another highlight from this sale is Amrita Sher-gil’s In the Garden from the collection of her Hungarian cousin Viola Egan, estimated at $1.8/3 million. This rare, unpopulated landscape captures her transformation from a Portraitist trained in the 19th Century Salon-style to a Modernist with roots in Indian and Hungarian painting traditions. These masterpieces will be sold alongside important works by Indian modern masters including Tyeb Mehta, M. F. Husain, F. N. Souza and Sayed Haider Raza, amongst others.

Important Chinese Art
16 March 2016, 10am & 2pm
Important Chinese Art features 204 lots over two sessions. One of the star lots is the Rare and Important Sancai-Glazed Pottery Figure Of A Court Lady from the Collection of A. Alfred Taubman. This beautiful sculpture from the Tang Dynasty has held court in some of the world’s most important collections of Chinese Art including those of Captain S.N. Ferris Luboshez, C.C. Wang, and Irene and Earl Morse (estimate $700/900,000). In addition to this work from the Taubman Collection, the auction features single-owner sequences from Terence Stamp, the Collection of Elizabeth Mead Merck and the David Utterberg Collection.

Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Works of Art Including Property from the Estate of Dr. Claus Virch
16 March 2016, 10am & 2pm
The Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art department is pleased to present the second selection of classical Indian miniature paintings and drawings from the Estate of Dr. Claus Virch, alongside their seasonal sale. Highlights include an elegant selection of Tibetan and Tibeto-Chinese bronze sculptures and thangkas; Buddhist ritual objects; classical Indian stone sculptures and paintings; Southeast Asian bronze sculptures; and fine Jain paintings and sculptures. The sale is led by a rare Pala-period Stone Stele Depicting Scenes from the Life of Buddha from the 11th/12th Century, which served as a sacred memento for pilgrims on their journey from eastern India (estimate $100/150,000).

Fine Classical Chinese Paintings & Calligraphy
17 March 2016, 10am & 2pm
Comprised of approximately 220 pieces, Fine Classical Chinese Paintings & Calligraphy will be offered over two sessions. A single-owner sequence of Property from an Important Private Collection features Huang Daozhou’s Epitaph for Wang Shilian in Regular Script, published in Calligraphy of Ming and Qing Masters edited by Jiang Zhaoshen (estimate $60/80,000, pictured below). Kuncan’s Recluse in the Deep White Clouds is another highlight from this sale (estimate $200/250,000). Formerly in the collection of Zhang Xueliang, this hanging scroll of ink and color on paper appears on the market for the first time in over 25 years.

Saturday at Sotheby’s: Asian Art
19 March 2016, 10am & 2pm
Sotheby’s Asia Week New York auctions wrap up on the 19th with Saturday at Sotheby’s: Asian Art. The March 2016 edition, exhibited in a space designed by the architect David Ling, includes pieces from the Collection of A. Alfred Taubman and the Weatherspoon Museum of Art, as well as property from across the Asian continent, from China to Korea, India and Southeast Asia to Japan. One of the highlights from this sale is A Large Cloisonné Enamel Baluster Form Vase from the Qing Dynasty. Formerly in the Ian G. Smith Collection, this 19th Century vase is expected to fetch $20/30,000.

S|2
Liu Dan: Transitions
The Literati Within
10-20 March 2016
In addition to our seven sales, Sotheby’s will host two selling exhibitions, Liu Dan: Transitions and The Literati Within. The first of these S|2 shows is a retrospective of Liu Dan’s work, beginning with works from his visit to the Dunhuang caves in the late 1970s, transitioning into self-portraits and Hawaiian landscapes from the 1980s, and culminating with his iconic flower and rock studies from his New York years. The Literati Within builds upon Shuimo shows of years past, bringing together fifteen artists from Asia, Europe and the United States who express the spirit of the literati scholar in ink paintings, drawings, sculpture and photography. The result is a stimulating conversation between past and present, and among contemporary Western and Chinese artists with a striking shared aesthetic sensibility.