NEW YORK, NY.- Gianguan Auction’s final sale of the year is a well-curated affair populated with exceptional ceramics and Buddhist art, fine Chinese paintings and early dynastic works of art.. The sale is slated for Saturday, December 10 in New York City. It can also be accessed on LiveAuctioneers.com and invaluable.com.

A collection of Chinese Ceramics of the Yuan, Qing and Ming dynasties are among the finest to come to the Gianguan podium in recent years. The selections epitomize the strength of the gallery to acquire fine properties of Famille-Rose, copper red, blue and white, as well as items with unique glazes.

Lot 228 is a masterwork of the porcelain techniques practiced during the Ming Dynasty. Yellow glaze pops on a predominately blue and white dish with simulated “heaping and piling” depicting bouquets of flowers. At 17-inches in diameter, the spectacular dish is estimated at $200,000-$300,000.

Among the most difficult of glazes for artisans to master was copper red, as exemplified by Lot 91, a two-tone octagonal meiping on which two phoenixes cavort among leafy sprays and lotus lappets. $150,000-$200,000

Lot 86 is the above’s counterpart in blue and white. The magnificent meiping is hexagonal and retains the original cover. The body is decorated with four registers of fish among reeds. On the bottom, two Mongol characters, one copper red, authenticate the vase. $150,000-$200,000.

The paragon of glazes, however, is the combination of blue underglazed with copper red mythical beasts at Lot 198. It too is valued at $150,000-$200,000.

In the mid range, outstanding properties include Lot 76, a blue and white dish with an interior center phoenix in flight and phoenixes amid scrolls on the exterior. Of the Qing Dynasty and bearing the six character mark of the period, it is $20,000-$30,000.

Famille-rose, a favorite among Gianguan’s collectors, makes several appearances at more accessible levels. Lot 188 is a long neck, flaring flask enameled with ball flowers and tow windows of floral. It has the Qianlong six character mark and is of the period. The estimate is $5,000-$8,000.

Bargains include a Tang splash-glazed stoneware jar with double loops. It is Lot 194 valued at $8,000-$15,000. Lot 229, a Northern Song Cizhouyao ornament of child riding a fish. The charming piece is $2,000-$3,000.

Leading the classic scroll paintings is a Liu Cai’s “Carp in Spring Pond,” a Song Dynasty masterwork of fluidity and motion that depicts three of the fish among water lily pads and leaves. With frontispiece by Hu Mei, Colophon by Ma Yuanyu, the ink-on-paper is set to command $300,000-$400,000.

An extraordinary painting by Fu Baoshi entitled “Returning Home with the Immortal Spirit” embodies the spiritual precepts that dominate Chinese life. The mostly monochromatic rendering has a splash of color and depicts a worker and a large protective figure crossing a bridge. Dated 1962, inscribed and signed, with one artist seal, Lot 121 is valued at $200,000-$300,000.

A delicate twentieth century ink-on paper entitled “Flower” is by Song Meiling, popularly known as Madame Chang, who was schooled in the United States at Wellesley College. It is said that her paintings were second only to her extraordinary beauty and political acumen. Lot 57 is expected to create interest at $20,000-$30,000.

A collection of paintings by famous artists celebrates women. Among them, Liu Jiyou’s “Girls Riding Buffalo,” Lot 59, $15,000-$20,000. It joins Lin Fengmian's, “Beauty in Blue,” Lot 114, Fu Baoshi’s 1945 work “Two Ladies," and Lot 58; Liu Wenxi ’s 1982 “Flower Girl.” Thep resale estimates range from $5,000 to $30,000.

The small decorative items in the auction bear noting. A collection of seals carved of shoushan stone, Tianhuang stone and Furong stone are personalized relics that make delightful collections or gifts. Most range from $300-$1,500 in value. Also notable is the collection of cinnabar lacquer dishes and boxes. They include Lots 254, 262, 282. Estimates range from $800-$1,000.

Buddhist art plays a leading role in the sale, when a rare gilt and blue pigment statue of Tara seated in lalitasana on a double lotus takes the podium. The metal covered underside of the 9 3/4-inches figure is incised with a double varja. Estimate on the seven pound figure is $15,000-$25,000.

Lot 60 is a Qing figure of Vajrasattva, wearing a dragon incised dhoti. It is $6,000-$10,000. An unusual Northern Qi stele of the Guanyin holding a fly whisk and flanked by two boddhisatvas and four flying apsara, Lot 61, will command $5,000-$8,000.

Several carved jade immortals and Guanyin are included in the jewelry and small jade section of the sale at prices ranging from $800-$1,000.