Bonhams New York will hold Asian Art Week auctions from 17 to 24 September. These sales are in parallel with Christie’s and Sotheby’s versions.

This international auction house will have seven sales of fine arts – six sales will be live and one sale will be online. Artworks include Chinese paintings and calligraphy, ceramics, snuff bottles, Buddhist sculptures, Japanese and Korean art. 

Some key highlights include a Tibetan gilt copper alloy figure of Sakyamuni Buddha from the 11th to 12 century, an enamel Chinese-subject snuff bottle during the Qianlong period (1736-1795) and Chinese modern painter, Huang Bihong's artwork from the mid-20th century.

Here is an overview of the sales, together with the highlight lots:

Reverend Richard Fabian Collection of Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy III

Reverend Richard Fabian was the founder and rector of San Francisco's St. Gregory Nyssen Episcopal Church. He studied Chinese art at Yale University in the 1960s and developed an appreciation for Chinese paintings. Most of the works offered in this sale featured in exhibitions of the Fabian Collection at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco and the Honolulu Academy of Art. 

Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Paintings

250 lots of Chinese ceramics, works of art and paintings will be offered in this sale. Highlights include a Qianlong-period (1736-1795) 'robin's-egg' glazed two-handed vase and a zitan luohan chuang (Chinese wooden ornated bed) from late Qing dynasty (circa 18th century to 1911) / Republic period (1912-1949). 

Manfred Arnold Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles

Amongst the three major international auction houses, Bonhams has key sales of snuff bottles. The Manfred Arnold Collection features 132 snuff bottles. Arnold purchased one of his first snuff bottles in 1966, along Fifth Avenue in New York City. 

Emily Byrne Curtis Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles

Curtis has a deep passion for Asian art. She dedicated much time to refine her taste and broadened her understanding through extensive academic research. This sale has 92 artworks, including those made from glass, jade, lacquer and porcelain. 

Japanese and Korean Art, including an Important Collection of Surimono

This is one of the traditional sales during Asian Art Week in New York. There are 350 lots, including Japanese prints called surinomo. Highlights include ukiyo-e (Japanese woodblock prints and paintings) artists such as Kubo Shuman, Katsushika Hokusai, Totoya Hokkei and Yashima Gakutei. 

Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art

This is another traditional sales during Asian Art Week in New York, with Buddhist sculptures as highlight objects. There are two key objects, including a Tibetan gilt copper alloy figure of Standing Sakyamuni Buddha from 11th-12th century, and a Ming dynasty gilt copper alloy figure of Yamantaka Vajrabhairava and Vajravetali from mid-15th century.  

Arts of India, Southeast Asia and Himalayas Online 

This online sale has a low price range - from US$600 to 6,000 dollars, suitable for new art collectors. It has a wide range of 60 artworks, including sculptures, paintings and pottery. 

Huang Binhong (1865-1955) 

Abstract Landscape | Ink and colour on paper
Created in 1952 
Sale: Reverend Richard Fabian Collection of Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy III 
Estimate: US$50,000 – 80,000  

Zhao Zhiqian (1829-1884)

Calligraphy in Running / Standard Script | Ink on paper, Collection of four hanging scrolls 
Sale: Reverend Richard Fabian Collection of Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy III 
Estimate: US$80,000 – 120,000  

'Robin's egg' glazed archaistic hu-shaped two-handed vase with Qianlong six-character impressed seal mark and of the period 

Created in Qianlong period (1736-1795) 
Sale: Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Paintings 
Estimate: US$400,000 – 600,000  

Zitan luohan chuang (bed) 

Created in late Qing dynasty (circa 18th century to 1911) / Republic period (1912-1949)
Sale: Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Paintings 
Estimate: US$200,000 – 300,000 

Miniature inside-painted crystal snuff bottle | Signed by Ma Shaoxuan 

Created in 1897
Sale: Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Paintings 
Estimate: US$12,000 – 18,000 

Beijing enamel Chinese-subject snuff bottle with Qianlong Mark and of the period 

Created in Qianlong period (1736-1795) 
Sale: Emily Byrne Curtis Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles 
Estimate: US$70,000 – 90,000 

A Set of 12 Miniature Album Leaves Depicting Scenes from Chapters 11 through 22 of Genji monogatari (The Tale of Genji) 

Created in Momoyama period (1573-1615), circa 1600 
Sale: Japanese and Korean Art, including an Important Collection of Surinomo 
Estimate: US$30,000 – 40,000 

Kubo Shunman (1757-1820)  

Owl on a Flowering Magnolia Branch 
Created in circa 1800 
Sale: Japanese and Korean Art, including an Important Collection of Surinomo 
Estimate: US$6,000 – 8,000 

A gilt copper alloy figure of Standing Sakyamuni Buddha | Central Tibet 

Created in 11th / 12th century 
Sale: Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art 
Estimate: US$800,000 – 1,200,000 

A gilt copper alloy figure of Yamantaka Vajrabhairava and Vajravetali 

Created in Ming dynasty, mid-15th century 
Sale: Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art 
Estimate: US$600,000 – 800,000 

Monochrome green glazed stoneware bowl with large carved floral decoration | Vietnam 

Created in Tran-Le dynasties, 14th / 15th century 
Sale: Arts of India, Southeast Asia and the Himalayas Online 
Estimate: US$4,000 – 6,000