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Every fall, Asian Art Week brings a gorgeous array of treasures from the East to auction houses in New York and across the country. Here some highlights of pieces sold at auction last week.
![FOUR JADE ARCHER'S RINGS Qing dynasty - Edited.jpg Four Jade Archer's Rings, Qing dynasty](https://cdn.artandobject.com/sites/default/files/styles/media_crop/public/slide05.jpg?itok=MBBCFMlG)
Four Jade Archer's Rings, Qing dynasty
Bonhams Chinese Works of Art and Paintings
Lot 39
Price realized: $68,750
"Three of white jade; the first carved in low relief with a Tibetan Amitabha mantra, the stone with russet inclusions; the second carved with a cat and butterfly, the surfaces irregular; the third finely inscribed with an imperial poem and a scene alluding to the verse; and one of yellow jade with russet skin around the edge, carved with archaistic scrolls."
![media:image:3c49a9bd-4f18-4ff7-9d00-33c33748934d An Important and Very Rare Grey Limestone Figure of Mahasthamaprapta](https://cdn.artandobject.com/sites/default/files/styles/media_crop/public/slide10.jpg?itok=xpKF8R_a)
An Important and Very Rare Grey Limestone Figure of Mahasthamaprapta, early Tang Dynasty, 8th Century
Christie's Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
Lot 1123
Estimate: $1,500,000 - USD 2,500,000
Price realized: $3,252,500
"The figure is well carved in a tribangha pose on top of a waisted lotus pedestal, with a lotus stem, originally held in the right hand, twining up the arm to the shoulder. The figure wears a beaded necklace, a scarf draped around the torso and over the shoulders, and a diaphanous dhoti that is gathered at the waist and falls in deep U-shaped folds to just above the feet. The face is carved with a serene expression and small sensuous mouth, and the hair is dressed in a high, looped topknot decorated in front with an elixir bottle and on the sides with flowers and pendent ribbons."
![Pair_Chinese_Carved_Cinnabar_Lacquer_Court_Chairs_Peony_Landscape_Motifs_Qing_Dynasty_Jiaqing-Daoguang_Period_Heritage_Auctions_1 - Edited.jpg A Pair of Wang Dafan Porcelain and Hardwood Table Screens, Republic Period](https://cdn.artandobject.com/sites/default/files/styles/media_crop/public/slide07.jpg?itok=5NbDOijz)
A Pair of Wang Dafan Porcelain and Hardwood Table Screens, Republic Period, circa 1912-1949
Heritage Auctions Asian Arts auction
Lot 78184
Price realized: $150,000
![Xu Beihong (1895-1953) Horse, 1944 - Edited.jpg Xu Beihong, Horse, 1944](https://cdn.artandobject.com/sites/default/files/styles/media_crop/public/slide09.jpg?itok=MOCkKNZH)
Xu Beihong, Horse, 1944
Bonhams Chinese Works of Art and Paintings
Lot 261
Price realized: $225,000
![447 - Edited.jpg Two White Jade Bowls, China, possibly 18th century](https://cdn.artandobject.com/sites/default/files/styles/media_crop/public/slide04.jpg?itok=V7YAsupH)
Two White Jade Bowls, China, possibly 18th century
Skinner Asian Works of Art auction
Lot 447
Estimate: $8,000-10,000
Price realized: $46,740
These Two White Jade Bowls, China, possibly from the 18th century, feature a flaring mouth, sit on a short raised foot, one with gray wisps, and the other with russet undertone mottled with white streaks and spots.
![Pair_Chinese_Carved_Cinnabar_Lacquer_Court_Chairs_Peony_Landscape_Motifs_Qing_Dynasty_Jiaqing-Daoguang_Period_Heritage_Auctions_1 - Edited.jpg An Exceptional Pair of Chinese Carved Cinnabar Lacquer Court Chairs with Peony and Landscape Motifs](https://cdn.artandobject.com/sites/default/files/styles/media_crop/public/slide06.jpg?itok=Tjnx2kep)
An Exceptional Pair of Chinese Carved Cinnabar Lacquer Court Chairs with Peony and Landscape Motifs, Qing Dynasty, Jiaqing-Daoguang Period
Heritage Auctions Asian Art auction
Lot 78210
Price realized: $93,750
"The chairs feature ornate engraving and rich red hues derived from cinnabar, the bright scarlet form of mercury sulfide. Engraving such as that found on these chairs was a popular and important way of decorating furniture, often depicting character patterns to geometric patterns to scenes in nature."
![83.jpg Red- and Green-enameled Double Gourd Vase, China, Ming dynasty](https://cdn.artandobject.com/sites/default/files/styles/media_crop/public/slide02.jpg?itok=KZcmWlTW)
Red- and Green-enameled Double Gourd Vase, China, Ming dynasty
Skinner Asian Works of Art auction
Lot 83
Estimate: $10,000-15,000
Price realized: $363,000
This Red- and Green-enameled Double Gourd Vase is decorated with scrolling lotus design, a band of lingzhi scroll around the waist, and features a six-character Jiajing mark on base.
![TYEB MEHTA_Diagonal XV.jpg Tyeb Mehta, Diagonal XV](https://cdn.artandobject.com/sites/default/files/styles/media_crop/public/slide08.jpg?itok=_kQvMfTe)
Tyeb Mehta, Diagonal XV
Christie's South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art
Lot 259
Estimate: $1,500,000 - 2,000,000
Price realized: $1,392,500
"Paintings from the diagonal series are the first of Mehta’s mature style, with an emphasis on form over content, and mark a watershed in his long engagement with figuration. The artist explained, 'Painters who are over concerned with content, burn themselves out […] my experience is now transformed into colour and form. When you transpose your ideas into colours and forms, you are making a suggestion. A suggestion is stronger than a direct message.' (Artist statement, G. and U. Beier, ‘Contemporary Art in India’, Aspect: Art and Literature, Australia, no. 23, January 1982, unpaginated)"
![84 - Edited.jpg Blue and White Refuse Vessel, China, Ming dynasty style](https://cdn.artandobject.com/sites/default/files/styles/media_crop/public/slide03.jpg?itok=_97J1ev-)
Blue and White Refuse Vessel, China, Ming dynasty style
Skinner Asian Works of Art auction
Lot 84
Estimate: $300-500
Price Realized: $79,950
This Blue and White Refuse Vessel is a compressed gu-shape vase, resting on a stem foot with a broad bisque foot rim, is decorated with bands of mountains and waves and a stylized ruyi band, with a banana leaf band to neck, and featuring a six-character Xuande mark on the base in a double ring.
![Tibetan_Mandala_Thangka_Abbot_Lineage_18th century_Heritage_Auctions_2 - Edited.jpg A Tibetan Mandala Thangka with Abbot Lineage, 18th century](https://cdn.artandobject.com/sites/default/files/styles/media_crop/public/slide01.jpg?itok=UphFo28N)
A Tibetan Mandala Thangka with Abbot Lineage, 18th century
Heritage Auctions Asian Arts auction
Lot 78334
Price realized: $81,250
"A Tibetan Mandala Thangka with Abbot Lineage was another exceptionally popular lot among collectors, who pushed the final price to $81,250. Thangka like this one often are kept unframed and rolled up when not on display, mounted on a textile backing in a style similar to that of Chinese scroll paintings, which helps explain the demand for such an exceptional example."
Chandra Noyes
Chandra Noyes is the former Managing Editor for Art & Object.