This Tang Dynasty sancai-glazed horse is estimated at $70,000-$75,000. Image courtesy of Showplace Antique & Design Center.

Showplace Antique & Design salutes Asia Week with March 27 auction

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This Tang Dynasty sancai-glazed horse is estimated at $70,000-$75,000. Image courtesy of Showplace Antique & Design Center.

This Tang Dynasty sancai-glazed horse is estimated at $70,000-$75,000. Image courtesy of Showplace Antique & Design Center.

NEW YORK – Showplace Antique & Design Center will be hosting an important sale of fine Asian antiques and works of art during Asia Week in New York on Sunday, March 27. A wide array of antiques will be offered including fine jades, paintings, porcelain, pottery and cloisonné.

LiveAuctioneers will provide Internet live bidding.

Several excellent examples of Chinese Tang Dynasty (618-907) pottery are featured, including a sancai-glazed horse estimated $70,000-$75,000 and a pair of prancing horses with traces of light red pigment estimated $18,000-$20,000.

A finely carved Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) rhinoceros horn ceremonial cup with an incised figural landscape is another sale highlight, estimated $30,000-$40,000.

Among the many jade pieces being auctioned is a 19th-century white nephrite jade snuff bottle with turquoise stopper, incised with longevity character and dragon, estimated at $5,500-$6,500.

Rare Chinese silk paintings are also up for sale, including a Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) scroll painting of a mountain landscape estimated $11,000-$12,000 and a large 19th-century painting with figural scene, framed and mounted on wood, estimated $6,000-$8,000.

Live bidding will begin at 1 p.m. Eastern on LiveAuctioneers, but bids may also be placed absentee or by phone. For information contact an auctions department representative at 212-633-6063 or see Showplace Antique & Design Center’s website at www.nyshowplace.com.

 

View the fully illustrated catalog and register to bid absentee or live via the Internet as the sale is taking place by logging on to www.LiveAuctioneers.com.

ADDITIONAL LOTS OF NOTE

A pair of Tang horses with traces of light red pigment has an estimate of $18,000-$20,000. Image courtesy of Showplace Antique & Design Center.

A pair of Tang horses with traces of light red pigment has an estimate of $18,000-$20,000. Image courtesy of Showplace Antique & Design Center.

Finely carved Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) rhinoceros horn ceremonial cup. Estimate: $30,000-$40,000. Image courtesy of Showplace Antique & Design Center.

Finely carved Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) rhinoceros horn ceremonial cup. Estimate: $30,000-$40,000. Image courtesy of Showplace Antique & Design Center.

Large 19th-century silk painting with figural scene, framed and mounted on wood. Estimate: $6,000-$8,000. Image courtesy of Showplace Antique & Design Center.

Large 19th-century silk painting with figural scene, framed and mounted on wood. Estimate: $6,000-$8,000. Image courtesy of Showplace Antique & Design Center.

White nephrite jade snuff bottle incised with longevity character and dragon. Estimate: $5,500-$6,500. Image courtesy of Showplace Antique & Design Center.

White nephrite jade snuff bottle incised with longevity character and dragon. Estimate: $5,500-$6,500. Image courtesy of Showplace Antique & Design Center.

Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) scroll painting of a mountain landscape. Estimate: $11,000-$12,000. Image courtesy of Showplace Antique & Design Center.

Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) scroll painting of a mountain landscape. Estimate: $11,000-$12,000. Image courtesy of Showplace Antique & Design Center.

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