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Asian art, estate treasures await bidders at Kaminski Auctions March 25-26

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf
Asian Art
Abdur Rahman Chughtai (Pakistani, 1894-1975) watercolor gouache, signed lower left, 30in x 22in, unmated and unframed. Estimate: $4,000-$6,000. Kaminski Auctions image

 

BEVERLY, Mass. – On Sunday, March 26, Kaminski Auctions will hold a two-session Asian Art and Estate Auction starting at 10 a.m. Eastern time. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.

Asian highlights include a collection of fine Mughal Indian swords from a Houston, Texas, estate. Many of the swords are intricately carved with animal form hilts and gilt floral inlays. From the same collection is an early Middle Eastern handwritten Koran with gilt pages and leather binding, which is conservatively estimated at $1,500-$2,500.

Asian art of note includes two paintings by the Pakistani artist Abdur Rahman Chughtai (1894-1975). A watercolor gouache, a portrait of a woman (above), which is signed lower left, and a watercolor and ink of a woman with bird are both from the collection of Farooqui Nawab of Hyderabad, India. They are estimated at $4,000-$6,000 and $2,000-$3,000, respectively.

Asian porcelain highlights include a pair of large and rare Chinese cloisonné censers (below) decorated with motifs of crane, deer, ruyi and plants. Three cranes form the base and the covers are exquisitely carved and pierced with dragons and clouds. Topped with a ball finial and coiling dragons, the censers are valued at $20,000-$40,000.

 

Asian Art
Pair of large Chinese cloisonne censers, 43in high. Estimate: $20,000-$40,000. Kaminski Auctions image

 

There is also an important Chinese Yuhuchun vase (below) from the Qianlong period. It is enamel on famille rose and decorated with peony, bamboo and rockery motifs estimated at $6,000-$9,000.

 

Asian Art
Chinese Yuhuchun vase, Qianlong period porcelain, enamel on famille rose, on wooden stand, 4 1/2in high (vase). Provenance: from Dr. Anthony Newton, Massachusetts, estate. Estimate: $6,000-$9,000. Kaminski Auctions image

 

Another fine piece in the sale is a Chinese sang-de-boeuf Yuhuchun vase of pear-shaped form. It is covered in a deep red glaze with the Qianlong mark on the base and has the original wood stand. Acquired in Derbyshire, England in 1972, it stands 10 1/2 inches high and is from the Travis Brock Collection of Monochrome Ceramics, Bethesda, Maryland. The vase is estimated at $5,000-$8,000.

Important jade entries include a Chinese carved jade seated Luohan figure measuring 6 1/2 inches high valued at $4,000-$6,000.

Highlights of the estate session include a Raoul Dufy (French 1877-1953) Fauvist landscape with church, oil on artist board from a Palm Beach estate valued at $30,000-$50,000.

 

Asian Art
Raoul Dufy (French, 1877-1953), Fauvism landscape with church, oil on artist board, signed lower left, 16in x 20in (view), 26 1/2in x 30in (frame). Estimate: $30,000-$50,000. Kaminski Auctions image

 

Other items of interest include a collection of Northwest Indian baskets, a model of a two-mast schooner with carved wooden sails with original case from a Boston collection, and an 18K yellow gold men’s Rolex Oyster chronometer watch with a stainless steel bracelet.

In addition to the live Asian Antique and Estate Auction on Sunday, March 26, Kaminski Auctions is hosting an online and live auction on Saturday, March 25. Absentee and Internet live bidding for this sale is also available through LiveAuctioneers.

 

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