The Skinner Asian Works of Arts auction from March 16 to 25 offered various pan-Asian material ranging from Chinese ceramics and Japanese prints to a textile from Turkey and a stone funerary stele from Egypt. Bidding that took place online in the last hours of the sale resulted in an exciting end, with many pieces selling over estimated value. One of only 100 copies in the world, a near-pristine copy of Heber Bishops Investigations in Jade brought $137,500, including buyers premium. The volumes, which combine stunning watercolor paintings with plentiful lithographs and etched illustrations, were gifted to institutions and heads of state across the globe, where many of them have remained. Very few reach the open market. For the second Asian sale in a row, Skinner auctioned a significant piece of Korean art, a silver-inlaid bronze sundial, among a handful of Korean bronze sundials extant in the world. Suhyung Kim, department director pro tem, remarked, Before the discovery of this piece, a sundial with a tripod base had not yet been reported, making it a unique find. With a distinguished provenance, it had been in the Wuppertal Clock Museum collection in Germany until the previous decade when it was acquired by the present owner. Chinese ceramics also achieved strong prices, with a group of 10 pieces collectively bringing $90,000. In various glazes ranging from clair-de-lune to famille rose, robins egg blue, turquoise blue, blue and white, and crackle glazed, they exemplified the beauty and diversity of Chinese ceramic production. A robe consigned by a local family and a group of fine textiles deaccessioned from a museum helped to result in a 100 percent sell-through rate for the category of Asian textiles in the sale. The rarity of a pre-1923 Kanto earthquake woodblock print by Kawase Hasui overcame minor condition issues, which did not deter print experts from bidding competitively, selling for $13,750. Paintings by Luis Chan found in an artists attic by a keen-eyed art collector also sold well above estimate, their vibrant colors exceptionally well preserved and characteristic of his fantastical portraits from the 1980s. For more information, visit www.skinnerinc.com.