NEW YORK, NY.- On September 15 and 16, Christie’s New York will present Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, which all together offers over 550 objects across many categories and tastes, and many from private collections. Highlighting the sale is a very rare large and finely cast gilt-bronze figure of Vairocana (estimate: $600,000-800,000), which is an exceptional example of its type, exhibiting superb casting and fine attention to detail. With estimates ranging from $4,000 to $1 million, the sale is expected to realize in the region of $19 million. One of the highlights of the ceramics section is a rare blue and white Ming-style moonflask, Qianlong seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795) (estimate: $500,000-700,000). This flask is particularly rare as other examples of this design are usually of larger size. The sale also includes a