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Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art
Christie's offers specialised auctions of classical Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Works of Art, and is the only major auction house to hold New York auctions twice annually. Our sales feature fine Buddhist, Hindu, Jain and Islamic painting, sculpture, ritual implements and decorative objects from the second millennium BCE through to the 19th century.
Our success with single-owner sales of Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art is unparalleled in our industry, and includes the collections of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (among the top ten most expensive collections sold at Christie’s in any category, realising a combined total of $134,091,188), Edita and Andrew Sporer, James and Marilynn Alsdorf, Doris Duke, The Pratapaditya Pal Family, Niall Hobhouse, William and Mildred Archer, Arthur M. Sackler, The Clive of India Treasure and C. Ruxton and Audrey Love.
Christie’s is a regional and global leader in the field due to the experience and expertise of our specialist team, maintaining more than 70% market share in New York. We are confident that the expertise and passion of our international team of specialists, together with our unparalleled track record, will result in the highest possible financial return. We welcome your enquiry for a free and confidential valuation, or to discuss buying and selling with Christie’s.
Our success with single-owner sales of Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art is unparalleled in our industry, and includes the collections of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (among the top ten most expensive collections sold at Christie’s in any category, realising a combined total of $134,091,188), Edita and Andrew Sporer, James and Marilynn Alsdorf, Doris Duke, The Pratapaditya Pal Family, Niall Hobhouse, William and Mildred Archer, Arthur M. Sackler, The Clive of India Treasure and C. Ruxton and Audrey Love.
Christie’s is a regional and global leader in the field due to the experience and expertise of our specialist team, maintaining more than 70% market share in New York. We are confident that the expertise and passion of our international team of specialists, together with our unparalleled track record, will result in the highest possible financial return. We welcome your enquiry for a free and confidential valuation, or to discuss buying and selling with Christie’s.
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Hannah Perry joined the Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian works of art department at Christie’s in 2020. She is responsible for private sale and auction consignments, appraisals, researching and cataloguing works of art for the department. Since joining Christie’s, she has been a specialist for several important collection sales, including The Ann and Gordon Getty Collection, Visionary: The Paul G. Allen Collection, and Devotion in Stone: Gandharan Masterpieces from a Private Japanese Collection. Prior to joining the department, she worked at the Art Institute of Chicago as a provenance researcher in Ancient, Byzantine, and Asian art and as a researcher for special exhibitions in Indian, Himalayan, Southeast Asian, and Islamic art. Hannah received her Bachelor’s degree in Art History and Arabic from Emory University and her Master’s degree from University College London. She also studied Islamic art and Arabic at Al-Akhawayn University in Morocco and has lived and traveled extensively throughout the Middle East and South Asia. Her passions within the field include Indian court paintings, particularly from the Pahari schools, and provenance research across all categories.
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