AUTUMN ASIA WEEK NEW YORK AUCTIONS
Asian Art Week returns to New York this September, bringing together exceptional museum and private collections that celebrate the enduring appeal of Asian art.
Leading the week is Chinese Ceramics from the Art Institute of Chicago, presenting rare imperial porcelains with remarkable provenance alongside Ritual, Cosmos, and Imperial Splendor: Important Chinese Art from a Private North American Collection, an outstanding selection of archaic bronze, Buddhist sculpture, jade carving, furniture and ceramics, including a very rare underglaze blue and copper-red-decorated ‘Buddhist lions’ vase as well as a rare set of nine bronze ritual bells.
South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art builds on the momentum of record-setting New York and London sales with works by Francis Newton Souza, Ganesh Pyne, Maqbool Fida Husain and more. Japanese Art is anchored by Hiroshige: Colors of the Four Seasons – The Alan Medaugh Collection, a single-owner, a live auction celebrating the richness of Edo-period Japan. The Japanese and Korea Art Online sale continues that story with woodblock prints and works of art spanning through the 20th century.
Arts of Asia Online features ceramics, paintings, sculpture and other works of art spanning the region, including an important selection of Chinese art from the Art Institute of Chicago and a curated grouping of original 20th century Indian travel posters, presenting significant opportunities for new and established collectors alike.
Explore the exhibition at our Rockefeller Center galleries before the auctions begin September 15!
A VERY RARE FAMILLE ROSE AND UNDERGLAZE BLUE-DECORATED ‘CHILONG AND FLORAL SCROLL’ VASE, QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795), 13¼ in. (33.6 cm) high, Lot 1039, Estimate: US$400,000-600,000, Important Chinese Art Including Ceramics from the Art Institute of Chicago Sale
Important Chinese Art Including Ceramics from the Art Institute of Chicago
Auctions: Thursday, September 17, 2026 at 11:30am & Friday, September 18, 2026 at 9am
Previews: Sept 11–12 & 14–16, 10am-5pm; Sept 13, 1-5pm
Public Tours Led by Dr. Robert D. Mowry: Friday and Monday, Sept 11 & 14, 11am
This season, Important Chinese Art Including Ceramics from the Art Institute of Chicago presents a remarkable selection of imperial porcelains from the Art Institute of Chicago, alongside property from distinguished American private collections. Highlights include classical Chinese furniture and scholar’s objects from the Shanruoshui Xuan Collection; rare robes from the Collection of Jon Eric Riis; early Chinese works of art from the Max N. Berry Collection; snuff bottles from the J & J Collection; and Kangxi famille verte treasures formerly in the collection of William J. Ruane.
The sale is led by an exceptional and massive huanghuali plank-top pedestal table and a magnificent Yongzheng famille rose ‘bats and peaches’ bowl. The offering further features an outstanding group of cloisonné enamel works, rare Ming and Qing porcelains, and exemplary classical Chinese furniture, featuring a finely carved zitan luohan bed. Additional highlights include a very rare imperial Beijing enamel ‘European Subject’ snuff bottle and an exceptionally rare coral-ground falangcai ‘floral’ bowl.
Be sure to join our public tours with Dr. Robert D. Mowry, Alan J. Dworsky Curator of Chinese Art Emeritus, Harvard Art Museums, and Senior Consultant, Christie’s on Friday, Sept 11 at 11am and Monday, Sept 14 at 11am. Kindly meet in Christie’s New York lobby.
Contact:
Rufus Chen
(212) 636 2180
[email protected]
Japanese Art Online
Auction: September 9–23, 2026 at 10am EDT
Previews: Sept 11–12 & 14, 10am-5pm; Sept 13, 1-5pm
This season’s Japanese Art Online auction brings together a carefully curated selection of works spanning a wide range of collecting categories. Highlights include the final part of an important European private collection of netsuke, alongside a rare collection of Ainu robes, an exceptional group of Japanese prints from the Edo period through the Showa era, featuring celebrated twentieth-century masters such as Kawase Hasui and Yoshida Hiroshi.
Contact:
Hua Zhou (周樺)
(212) 636 2160
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Arts of Asia Online
Auction: September 9–24, 2026 at 10am EDT
Arts of Asia Online presents a curated selection of artworks representing centuries of history and culture across Asia. The diverse offering includes ceramics, sculpture, paintings, textiles, and more. With a wide range of estimates, Arts of Asia Online offers opportunities for both burgeoning and established collectors of Asian art.
Highlights include a painting by the acclaimed Chinese artist, Wucius Wong, an interesting grouping of 20th-cenutry Indian travel posters, important pieces of pottery and bronze works from the Max N. Berry Collections, and an extensive selection of Chinese porcelain from the Art Institute of Chicago.
Contact:
Kathleen Coyne
(212) 636 2180
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PAST AUCTIONS
Hiroshige: Colors of the Four Seasons | The Alan Medaugh Collection
Auction: Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at 10am EDT
Previews: Sept 11–12 & 14, 10am-5pm; Sept 13, 1-5pm
Christie’s is pleased to present the first part of Hiroshige: Colors of the Four Seasons, the Alan Medaugh Collection, comprising 181 works by Utagawa Hiroshige that span the artist’s career and demonstrate the remarkable breadth of his artistic achievement. Led by a deluxe impression of Plum Estate, Kameido and the coveted two-boats version of Ohashi, the sale features important landscapes, bird-and-flower prints, fan prints, as well as Hiroshige’s paintings and sketches. Assembled with a discerning eye for quality, rarity, and condition, the collection reflects a lifelong appreciation for one of Japan’s most celebrated artists. Together, these works offer collectors a rare opportunity to acquire both iconic masterpieces and exceptional examples from across Hiroshige’s oeuvre.
Contact:
Takaaki Murakami (村上高明)
(212) 636 2160
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Detail of Francis Newton Souza (1924-2002), Woman with Lamp, 1949. Oil on board. 30 x 24 in (76.2 x 61 cm). Estimate: US$400,000-600,000, South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art Sale
South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art
Auction: Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 10am EDT
Previews: Sept 11–12 & 14–15, 10am-5pm; Sept 13, 1-5pm
This autumn, Christie’s auction of South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art will take place on 16 September during Asian Art Week in New York. Bringing together exceptional works spanning the 20th and 21st centuries, our catalogue celebrates the artists and the wide array of practices and styles that have come to define South Asian Art.
The auction features landmark works by masters of modern Indian art, including Francis Newton Souza’s Woman with Lamp (1949) and Building in Trafalgar Square (1955), Maqbool Fida Husain’s The Journey (1959) and Jehangir Sabavala’s A Progression of Sails (1969). Further highlights include important works by Sayed Haider Raza, Ram Kumar, Manjit Bawa, Ganesh Pyne, K.H. Ara and Rameshwar Broota.
These masterpieces are complemented by significant groupings of works by Meera Mukherjee, N.S. Bendre and Zarina, alongside important pieces by Edwin Lord Weeks, George Keyt, Rashid Choudhury and Nalini Malani.
Contact:
Nishad Avari
(212) 636 2190
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A RARE AND MAGNIFICENT GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF VAJRAPANI XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER NIANSHI MARK INCISED IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1426-1435), 10 1⁄8 in. (25.7cm.) high, cloth box. Estimate: US$300,000-500,000, Ritual, Cosmos, and Imperial Splendor: Important Chinese Art from a Private North American Collection Sale
Ritual, Cosmos, and Imperial Splendor: Important Chinese Art from a Private North American Collection
Auction: Thursday, September 17, 2026 at 9am EDT
Previews: Sept 11–12 & 14–16, 10am-5pm; Sept 13, 1-5pm
This autumn, Christie’s New York presents the sale Ritual, Cosmos, and Imperial Splendor: Important Chinese Art from a North American Private Collection. Together, these themes provide a lens through which to understand the objects in this sale, while also revealing the profound interconnectedness of religion, imperial authority, and artistic achievement in shaping Chinese cultures across millennia.
In Ritual, we explore works associated with some of the earliest ceremonial practices in China, including a late Shang dynasty bronze you and a rare set of Spring and Autumn period bronze bells. Cosmos turns to works that reflect humanity’s relationship with the divine and the unseen forces believed to govern the universe, specifically showcasing the development and cross-pollination of Buddhism and Daoism in Chinese history. A Xuande mark-and-period Vajrapani created in the imperial workshops for court use and a spectacular set of ten eighteenth-century kesi panels of the Daoist pantheon and celestial realm lead the section. Lastly, Imperial Splendor highlights the extraordinary artistic achievements of the imperial workshops. A Qianlong mark-and-period underglaze-blue and copper-red vase decorated with three playful Buddhist lions and produced under the supervision of Tang Ying (1682-1756), the celebrated superintendent of the imperial kilns at Jingdezhen (lot 855), exemplifies the exceptional quality, elegant proportions, and technical mastery of imperial ceramic production.
Contact:
Rufus Chen
(212) 636 2180
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