NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s will auction the JF Chen Collection to take place on February 13, 2018 in a dedicated auction at Christie’s Rockefeller Center with an online auction taking place from February 7-14. The selection offered presents over 300 lots spanning Asian art, decorative objects, and contemporary design, representative of Joel Chen’s unique style and discerning eye.

Among the objects included in the sale are iconic pieces by mid-century and contemporary designers including Dan Johnson, Georges Jouve, Finn Juhl, Carlo Mollino, Ettore Sottsass, Hans Wegner, and emerging artist Michael Wilson, interspersed with traditional Asian art, spanning 18th-to-19th-century Chinese furniture, bronzes, hardstonecarvings, porcelains, and ceramics, as well as Japanese screens, inlaid objects, and bronzes.

In business for 40 years, Joel Chen is renowned for refined taste, design intelligence, and innovation. As a young man, Chen grew up in colonial Hong Kong and was educated in Great Britain. He later attended college in Los Angeles, where his passion for furniture and antiques was ignited. A scholar with enthusiasm and a brilliant eye, Chen has transformed a little shop on Melrose Avenue into a mainstay of the Los Angeles design world. It is a showplace where connoisseurs and beginning collectors alike are welcome to experience the visual and tactile qualities of beautiful objects and are encouraged to bring these qualities into their everyday lives.

The online sale taking place February 7-14, will be on view at Christie’s New York concurrently, and is broken into sections: Chairs, Lighting, Tables, Fine Art, and Decorative Objects comprising over fifty lots representative of Joel Chen’s distinct style. Together the auctions encompass over 300 lots with estimates on individual items ranging from under $1,000 up to $70,000.

JF Chen Collection presents a story of history and legacy, but also one of adaptation and great taste. His progression from Asian works of art, to more traditional antiques and into the heavy-hitters of the Design field is reflected in the pieces on offer in the February 2018 sales.

LIVE AUCTION HIGHLIGHTS | FEBRUARY 13, 2018 | NEW YORK
• Dan Johnson (1918-1979), A ‘Gazelle’ Dining Table, circa 1955. Estimate: $10,000-15,000.

• Dan Johnson (1918-1979), A Matched Set of Four ‘Gazelle’ Chairs, circa 1958. Estimate: $10,000-15,000.

• A Pair of Japanese Bronze Inari Shrine Fox Statues, Kitsune, Taisho-Early Showa Periods (20th Century). Estimate: $1,500-2,000

• Frits Henningsen (1902-1971) A High-Back Chair and Ottoman, designed 1935. Estimate: $70,000-100,000

• Tibeto-Chinese Gilt-Copper Repousse Figure of a Seated Lama, 18th century. Estimate: $20,000-30,000

• Very large Chinese blue and white ‘Lotus’ vase, 18th century. Estimate: $10,000-20,000

• Carlo Mollino (1905-1973) A Side Chair for the Casa del Sole, Cervinia, designed 1953 Estimate: $30,000-50,000

• A Pair of Chinese Teilimu Lowback Armchairs, Meiguiyi, Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th Century. Estimate: $5,000-7,000.

• A Chinese Huali Altar Table, Late Qing Dynasty. Estimate: $4,000-6,000.

• A Very Large Pair of Chinese Cloisonne Enamel ‘Elephant’ Censers and Covers, 20th Century. Estimate: $5,000-8,000.

• A Chinese Black and Gilt-Lacquer Low Table, 19th/20th Century. Estimate: $1,500-2,000.

• Chinese School, Late 18th/Early 19th Century, The Four Seasons. Estimate: $12,000-18,000

ONLINE AUCTION HIGHLIGHTS | FEBRUARY 7-14, 2018 | NEW YORK
• Sam Maloof A Rocking Chair Designed 1969 Estimate: $15,000-20,000

• Studio Simon A Pair of ‘Omaggio a Andy Warhol’ Stools, From the Ultramobile series, Circa 1973 Estimate: $2,500-3,500

• Greta Magnusson-Grossman A ‘Cobra’ Desk Lamp, Designed circa 1950 Estimate: $1,500-2,000

• A Southeast Asian Large Carved Wood Model of a Rhinoceros 20th century Estimate: $800-1,200