NEW YORK CITY — Sotheby’s presented a diverse range of Asian art auctions September 18-27. Kicking off the week on September 18 was “Dharma and Tantra,” a curated auction of sculptures, paintings and ritual works of art that encapsulate the development and diffusion of Buddhist art in Asia. Topping the sale at $1,754,000 was a large silver and semiprecious stone inlaid gilt copper alloy figure of Padmapani, Tibet, Fourteenth Century. The sale tallied $4.7 million.

Heading up “Dharma and Tantra” at $1,754,000 was this large silver and semi-precious stone inlaid gilt copper alloy figure of Padmapani, Tibet, Fourteenth Century.

A single-lot sale on September 19 proffered an important white-glazed Korean moon jar from the Josean dynasty (1392-1910), which dated from the late Seventeenth to early Eighteenth Centuries and achieved the highest price of any lot offered in any Asia Week auction: $3,569,000.

This important white glazed Korean moon jar from the Josean Dynasty (1392-1910), which dated from the late Seventeenth to early Eighteenth Centuries, rose to $3,569,000.

Immediately following the single-lot sale on September 19 is “Vestiges of Ancient China auction,” offering more than 60 lots exploring China’s antiquity through a selection of bronzes, jades and sculptures from the earliest Neolithic Cultures to the Tang dynasty (618-907). The sale is led by an exceptionally rare marble frog from the Shang dynasty, which hopped to $1,206,500.

This Shang Dynasty archaic marble sculpture of a recumbent frog hopped to the front of the Vestiges of Ancient China sale on September 19, making $1,206,500.

The season’s Important Chinese Art auction featured an impressive array of porcelains, early ceramics, textiles and jades from important private collections. Leading this sale was an exceptionally fine and impressive large Qianlong mark and period blue and white “floral” moon flask that topped off at $1,754,000.

This large Qianlong mark and period blue and white ‘floral’ moon flask that topped off at $1,754,000 led the Important Chinese Art auction.

Closing the week are three online auctions: a single-owner “Sublime Beauty: Korean Ceramics from a Private Collection Part II,” comprising a selection of 28 exceptional Korean ceramics from the Goryeo and Joseon dynasties that made $141,224; “China / 5000 Years,” making $2,237,740 with more than 200 pieces of Ming and Qing dynasty porcelains, jades, early ceramics, furniture and more. Wrapping up the week with an additional $1,065,149 was “A Friend of China: the Papers of Evans Carlson Assembled at Yan’an,” which includes an extremely rare handwritten letter by Mao Zedong and a signed photograph of the leader.

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