Acknowledging the late owner’s links to a fraught history, the auction house said it would make a contribution to “Holocaust research and education” following the sale.
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The 68-lot auction will land at Christie’s on February 15.
The online sale will run from January 11 to 25.
Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips all reached impressive totals thanks to some big-name art sales.
Its Paul Allen sale alone brought in $1.6 billion, with five works breaking the $100 million dollar mark.
The exact author and date of the painting are not known, although Christie’s says it was done around 1600.
Researchers were concerned the specimen, named Shen, contained too many replica bones.
And it’s right on time for holiday gift-giving.
The evening sales brought a whopping total of 104 works to the auction block on Thursday.
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