FitzGerald Fine Arts (New York): Having founded one of the first contemporary ceramicist associations in China, 'Ice Blue Art,' Gan Daofu has established himself as a leading voice in this field. Opening and Closing, 2013, an exquisite porcelain painting, is a superb example of his work.

Jade Mountain, an ink-on-silk painting from 2012, beautifully couples symbolic myths and legends with a stylized naturalism of the Western Chinese landscape. It is a unifying focal point of the exhibition Practice and Medium on view at Arader Galleries, 1016 Madison Avenue.

Asia Week New York’s far-flung festival of gallery sales and auctions - featuring everything from Chinese furniture to Indian miniature paintings, Korean contemporary art and Japanese ceramics - offers the first big test of the appetite for Asian art this year in the wake of China’s slowing economy.