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CHICAGO – Appraising Chinese porcelain is not an exact science, and most auction houses will choose to err on the side of caution when committing to a date. It’s why a blue and white bottle vase cataloged as early 20th century and given an estimate of $1,000-$1,500 can sell for $100,000 ($130,000 including buyer’s premium).

The subject of great speculation at Hindman’s September 27 Asian Works of Art sale was a finely potted 18in (45cm) tianqiuping or ‘heavenly globe vase’ decorated with a four-clawed sinuous dragon.

The form was first produced during the reigns of Yongle and Xuande, but the Qing emperors made it their own. Most carry dragon decoration.

The painterly rendition of the dragon to this vase — and the use of four rather than three or five claws — is a type associated with the Kangxi period (1662-1722). However, the auction house was not alone in thinking it was a good copy from the late Qing or the Republican period. It came for sale listed as ‘Property from a Midwestern Institution.’

The top lot in the Chicago auction was Civets, an ink and color on silk hanging scroll signed for the Southern Song (1165-1173) artist Mao Yi. Measuring 4ft 5in by 2ft, this image of domestic cats among chrysanthemums came by descent from the estate of Hisazo Nagatani (1905-1994), the well-known Japanese American collector, connoisseur and dealer who managed the famed Yamanaka & Co store on the Magnificent Mile until the firm was ordered to cease operations in 1942. Hisazo opened a gallery on North Michigan Avenue selling Asian works of art under his own name in 1944.

This particular scroll, one pictured and discussed in a number of scholarly catalogs in the early to mid-20th century (it was exhibited at the Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts in 1938), has an earlier provenance in Japan to Baron Dan Takuma (1858-1932), a director general of the zaibatsu (family conglomerate) Mitsui. Estimated at $50,000-$70,000, it hammered for $260,000 ($338,000 with buyer’s premium).

A late Qing pale celadon jade moon flask was consigned from the collection of Christopher and Genevieve McConnell and had been purchased during 1950-60s from the Gurie Gallery in Montreal. The dealership, the first in the city to focus on Chinese works of art, was opened by the Gurevich family, who moved to Canada from Harbin in northeastern China. Alex Gurevich (1929-1990) ran the store in the 1960s, sourcing objects through frequent visits to Hong Kong.

Measuring just above 8in high, this flask was carved to both sides with the central image of a Yin and Yang symbol. It hammered for $42,500 ($55,250 with buyer’s premium) against an estimate of $6,000-$8,000.

The top-selling jade was a matched pair of Jiaqing (1796-1820) mark and period bowls that came from a private collection in Atlanta. Worked in a pale celadon stone with white striations, these were estimated at $30,000-$40,000 and sold at $60,000 ($78,000 with buyer’s premium).

From the same ‘Midwestern institution’ as the blue and white bottle vase came a pair of Guangxu (1875-1908) mark and period blue and white covered boxes that hammered for $37,500 ($48,750 with buyer’s premium) against an estimate of $8,000-$12,000. Each slightly more than 10in across, the decorative scheme of a central shou character surrounded by five bats is one that conveys blessings of longevity.

The best Japanese woodblock prints are enjoying a strong moment in the market. Appearing in the September 27 sale was a copy of Fireworks at Ryogoku Bridge, the 98th and most celebrated image from the One Hundred Famous Views of Edo series by Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858). It hammered for $65,000 ($84,500 with buyer’s premium) against an estimate of $6,000-$8,000.

Fireworks were a regular feature of summer evenings on the Sumida River during the Edo period, with the entertainment centered at Ryōgoku Bridge. Hiroshige’s version of the scene shows all the elements of the setting — the restaurants for dining, the various river craft available for hire and the bridge itself — at a time when its days were numbered. Created in August 1858, with the arrival of the Meiji revolution, summer fireworks had been reduced to a single display at the time of Kawabiriki.

This fine signed and sealed impression was from the collection of the medical science and pharmacology entrepreneur Glen de Vries (1972-2021).
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Chinese blue and white porcelain dragon bottle vase, which sold for $100,000 ($130,000 with buyer’s premium) at Hindman.
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Bearing the signature of Mao Yi, ‘Civets’ sold for $260,000 ($338,000 with buyer’s premium) at Hindman.
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Chinese pale celadon jade moon flask, which sold for $42,500 ($55,250 with buyer’s premium) at Hindman.
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Matched pair of Chinese pale celadon jade bowls, which sold for $60,000 ($78,000 with buyer’s premium) at Hindman.
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Pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain covered boxes, which sold for $37,500 ($48,750 with buyer’s premium) at Hindman.
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Ando Hiroshige, ‘Fireworks at Ryogoku Bridge,’ which sold for $65,000 ($84,500 with buyer’s premium) at Hindman.
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