Sotheby’s has announced that the upcoming Hong Kong Autumn Sale series will take place on October 1-5 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The sale will encompass Chinese works of art, fine and classical paintings, Modern and Contemporary Asian art, Contemporary ink, as well as Southeast Asian Modern and Contemporary art. Jewelry, watches, and wines will also be on offer throughout the five-day sale.The first day of the Autumn sale series will kick off with the Sotheby’s Wine auction “The Classic Cellar II,” featuring a large collection of Château de Pétrus. Overall, the sale is expected to raise a total of HK$19-26 million (US$2.4-3.3 million). This will be followed by the auction of a unique crystal Magnum decanter of Special Louis XIII Cognac and “The Connoisseur’s Cellar.”The following two days will be dedicated to the auction house’s Asian art auctions, with the Modern and Contemporary Asian Art Evening sale on October 2. The main highlights of this sale include Wang Huaiqing’s “Six Tables,” which is estimated at HK$5-7 million (US$645,000-905,000); Zeng Fanzhi's “Society No. 3,” expected to fetch HK$12-18 million (US$1.54-2.31 million); and Indonesian artist Affandi's “Reclining Nude,” estimated at HK$3-5 million (US$387,000-644,000). The sale will also feature experimental avant-garde artists such as Dansaekhwa artist Lee Ufan and Shiraga Kazuo from the Gutai Group.The Modern Asian Art Day Sale on October 3 will offer a work by Sanyu as its main highlight lot, estimated at HK$160,000-220,000 (US$20,600-28,460). The Contemporary Asian Art Day Sale on the same day will auction off oil-based paintings by Ding Yi (HK$1.5-2.5 million), Kim Whanki (HK$700,000-900,000), and Yoshihara Jiro (HK$300,000-500,000). Also on the agenda is K-Pop singer T.O.P’s curated art sale “#TTTOP.” Details of the event are to be released later this month.An important sale of Chinese works of art from the “Collection of a Parisian Connoisseur” will take place on October 5, with “an extremely fine and rare Wucai ‘Mythical Beast’ jar” expected to sell for HK$8-12 million. The auction house will additionally be selling early Buddhist bronzes from the collection of Japanese dealer Sakamoto Gorō.A comprehensive 50-year-old collection of jade stones and porcelain by London-based art dealer Roger Keverne will also be on offer, presenting a White Jade “Mandarin Ducks and Rockwork” Group estimated at HK$1-1.5 million (US$130,000-190,000).The Sotheby’s Hong Kong Autumn Sale Series 2016 will take place on October 1-5 at Hall 3, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
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