Korean art now rates a stand-alone
sale. Bound to warrant bidding is
a delicate late 18th century blue
and white porcelain brush washer.
According to Christie's Korean art
expert Hea Kyen Kim, this example
is one of only three known and was
on view in Seoul where it received
enormous interest. The delicate
nature of the painted porcelain is
demonstrated by its $150,000$180,000 estimate.
Indian and Southeast Asian art
is no longer a narrow category
sought only a small number of
collectors. "There's greater interest
in Chola bronzes and Tibetan gilt
bronze deities," says Hugo Weihe,
their International Director of Asian
Art who is based here. Front and
center at the sale is a Chola bronze
figure with extensively detailed
drapery. That bronze comes from
the Paris collection of dealer Ariane
Dandois, who scored a slew of
sales to museums. Chola figures
of goddesses during like this were
carried in festival processions in
1100 AD.
HYLAND
Christie's
A large and important bronze
figure of Parvati
Executed circa 1100
Estimate: $800,000 –
$1,200,000
