Masterpieces under the hammer in Hong Kong

Horse by Fernando Botero. [Photo provided to China Daily]

Over 100 paintings, sculptures and design works will go on auction in Hong Kong at Sotheby's Boundless: Contemporary Art sale on Jan 20.

Highlights include an iconic Pop Art painting by US graffiti artist Keith Haring and a bronze horse sculpture with rotund legs created by Colombian artist Fernando Botero.

(Botero is currently staging a solo show at Beijing's National Museum of China.)

Also on the block will be furniture and jewelry demonstrating creative design.

Robert Indiana's hand-crafted carpet, Classic Love, bears his signature design incorporating the word "love". Jewelry by such icons as Alexander Calder and Pablo Picasso show their unorthodoxy.