Detail: Leslie Hindman Auctioneers’ September Asian Works of Art auction, to be held on the 21st and 22nd days of the month, will feature several exceptional objects from private American collections and estates, including the Estate of Frank G. Mertes, Sr. of Winona, Minnesota, the heir to the assets of J.R. Watkins; the Estate of Joan Peters Caro of Chicago; and the Estate of John Timothy Harrington of Milwaukee, Wisonsin. The auction, comprising mostly Chinese Works of Art, will also feature Korean, Japanese and Southeast Asian objects.

Highlights include an ink and color painting on silk by Shen Quan (1682-1760) dating to 1752 [the Estate of John Timothy Harrington], depicting a pair of pheasants perched on a blossoming peony branch; a 19th Century silk Kesi panel from a private collection, depicting Daoist immortals and other deities within a garden terrace; a Tang Dynasty Sancai glazed pottery figure of a Camel accompanied by an Oxford Thermoluminescence Analysis Report; two Japanese silver articulated models of insects to be offered separately [the Estate of Frank G. Mertes], including a praying mantis by Takase Kozan and a grasshopper; and an 18 karat gold and jadeite necklace [the Estate of Joan Peters Caro] with 18 plaques of varying size, decoration and color.

In addition, the sale includes several objects from various media including jade carvings, scholar’s objects, Qing dynasty porcelain, early ceramics, bronze figures and vessels, Japanese woodblocks, Tibetan Thangkas, jewelry, silk textiles, Chinese paintings, furniture, lacquerwares, collections of books and auction catalogues, and over 80 snuff bottles.