NEW YORK, NY.- The March edition of Asian Art Week feature and exciting and eclectic mix of important, fine, and approachable works over seven auctions, including a new and innovative sale devoted to Japanese anime, film, and manga, their influence on popular culture, and the traditional arts that continue to influence them. Four live and three online auctions take place 18 March to 2 April, and works will be exhibited from 20 to 25 March.

Asian Art Week | Highlights and Overview

Japanese and Korean Art
LIVE 24 March 10:00 AM (EDT)

This season's Japanese and Korean Art sale is led by a masterpiece Great Wave by Katsushika Hokusai and a superb example of a Joseon Dynasty Moon Jar, one of the most coveted and culturally significant forms in Korean ceramics. Moon Jars — spherical, luminous white vessels dating from the 17th to 19th centuries — are considered among the highest achievements of Korean ceramic artistry and are prized for their rarity, with only handful examples surviving worldwide. The auction also features a complete set of Utagawa Hiroshige's One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo, a fine collection of netsuke, an excellent section of modern paintings, and a curated selection of lacquer works, metalworks, sculptures, 20th‑century prints, Japanese and Korean ceramics, and much more.

South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art
Live 25 March 10:00 AM (EDT)

Led by Tyeb Mehta's 1977 masterpiece Gesture, this auction brings together an exceptional group of modern works, including an impressive set of paintings from the 1950s by Sayed Haider Raza, an important early painting by Maqbool Fida Husain titled Puppet Dancers, and Jehangir Sabavala's 1959 Butterflies over Pink Blossoms and 1970 Green Thoughts in a Green Shade. These works are complemented by an extremely rare, large-format canvas by K. Ramanujam, alongside a seminal collection of early works by Ganesh Pyne, including Crossing the Fountain (1974), and striking paintings by Francis Newton Souza, Ram Kumar, K. K. Hebbar, Jagdish Swaminathan, Prabhakar Barwe, Manjit Bawa and Avinash Chandra among others.

Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art
Live 25 March 2 PM (EDT)

This season's sale features several distinguished private American collections of Indian miniature paintings, including The Parson Family Collection. Highlights include a battle scene of Haldighati, signed by Choka and a Sajnu painting of the Holy Family. Another exceptional collection of early Mughal Indian painting is led by a 16th century Mughal painting from the Razmnama. The auction also includes an important 10th century Indian marble attendant figure with notable provenance from the collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth.

Important Chinese Art
Live 26 March 09:00 AM (EDT) | 27 March 09:00 AM (EDT)

This season Important Chinese Art features selections from prestigious American private collections including early bronzes from the Shouyang Studio; Tang pottery and monochrome porcelains from the Max N. Berry Collections; spectacular Ming and Qing ceramics from the Stuart Collection; and three Qianlong treasures from the descendants of Charles Soong. The sale is led by a very rare and magnificent Yongzheng mark-and-period 'floral bouquet' doucai meiping and a Qianlong mark-and-period turquoise-ground famille rose double gourd-form triple-necked vase. The sale also comprises a superb selection of classical Chinese furniture, jades, and snuff bottles as well as exemplary Buddhist figures including a rare painted wood figure of a standing bodhisattva from the Jin dynasty (1115-1234). Additional highlights include a magnificent Qianlong mark-and-period doucai 'dragon' moon flask, an exceptionally rare and important large copper-red reverse-decorated bowl from the Hongwu period (1368-1398) and a very rare 17th-century huanghuali trestle-leg table.

Anime Starts Here: Japanese Subculture Reimagines Tradition
Online 18-31 March

For the first time ever, Christie's presents a new online auction, exploring the visual dialogue between Japan's classical artistic heritage and anime, film, and manga, subcultural movements that have helped to shape contemporary global culture. Bringing together original manga drawings by Tezuka Osamu, anime cels from Nausicaä and Doraemon, and vintage film posters of Godzilla, alongside traditional works by artists such as Katsushika Hokusai and contemporary works by artists such as Nara Yoshitomo, the sale traces the enduring resonance of motifs, techniques, and narratives rooted in Japan's past that continue to inspire some of Japan's most influential modern forms of expression. Rather than framing the new movements as a departure from tradition, this carefully curated auction presents them as a form of dynamic evolution—bridging craftsmanship, storytelling, and visual innovation across generations.

South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art Online
Online 18 March – 1 April

This spring, our catalogue features a strong selection of works by three founders of the Progressive Artists' Group – Maqbool Fida Husain, Francis Newton Souza and Sayed Haider Raza. Other highlights include paintings by Mohan Samant, Avinash Chandra, Sohan Qadri, Homi Patel, B. Prabha and Shanti Dave, as well as notable works on paper and prints by Zainul Abedin, Ivan Peries, Ganesh Haloi and Jogen Chowdhury, among others. These works are complemented by a selection of lots by significant contemporary artists including Jitish Kallat, Nataraj Sharma, Sheila Makhijani, Paresh Maity and Reena Saini Kallat.

Arts of Asia Online
Online 18 March – 2 April

Arts of Asia Online features a curated selection of artworks representing centuries of history and culture across Asia. Highlights include two contemporary paintings by the famed Chinese artist, Liu Dan, an extensive selection of Tang dynasty pottery from the Max N. Berry Collections, a diverse offering of prints by some of Japan's most famous artists, including Hokusai and Hasui, and exquisite Indian miniature paintings from two private American collections.