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I.M. Chait lines up 500 choice lots of Asian arts, antiques Aug. 23

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf
Chinese Tang Dynasty painted pottery polo player dressed in red with a black cap and seated atop a leaping gray horse, 16in long, on a Lucite stand. Estimate $800-$1,200. I.M. Chait image
Chinese Tang Dynasty painted pottery polo player dressed in red with a black cap and seated atop a leaping gray horse, 16in long, on a Lucite stand. Estimate $800-$1,200. I.M. Chait image

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – I.M. Chait Gallery / Auctioneers will bring a wide-ranging field of more than 500 lots to the post for an Asian art, antiques and estates auction on Sunday, Aug. 23. LiveAuctioneers.com will provide absentee and Internet live bidding.

The top categories include:

  • Fine examples of archaistic Chinese wine and food ritual bronze vessels from a Los Angeles and Japanese collections; together with gilt bronze Buddhist deities from multiple collections;
  • Numerous antique textiles, including: Chinese panels and headdress; Pre-Columbian Peruvian fragments and dolls;
  • Grouping of various Chinese scholar’s table objects, including: brush pots, ink stones, ink sticks and water droppers made of porcelain, wood, hard stones and jades;
  • Several antique Japanese works of art, including: woodblock prints, Imari porcelains and ningyo dolls;
  • Variety of natural history items, including: Brazilian quartz clusters, triliobite fossils and specimans.
Chinese Han-style inlaid bronze prancing horse, inlaid archaistic flowers and designs to body, 17 1/2in high. Estimate $300-$500. I.M. Chait image.
Chinese Han-style inlaid bronze prancing horse, inlaid archaistic flowers and designs to body, 17 1/2in high. Estimate $300-$500. I.M. Chait image.
Chinese carved jade Guanyin of celadon color with hints of spinach green and russet suffusions, 12in, with double lotus wood stand. Estimate $1,000-$1,500. I.M. Chait image
Chinese carved jade Guanyin of celadon color with hints of spinach green and russet suffusions, 12in, with double lotus wood stand. Estimate $1,000-$1,500. I.M. Chait image
Chinese Han-style bronze wine vessel of hu form, 12 1/2in. Estimate $1,000-$1,500. I.M. Chait image
Chinese Han-style bronze wine vessel of hu form, 12 1/2in. Estimate $1,000-$1,500. I.M. Chait image
Charming 14K white gold cocktail ring centering a high-domed Burmese ruby cabochon, flanked on either side in a reticulated, diamond-set snowflake design; size 5 1/2. Estimate $2,500-$3,000. I.M. Chait image
Charming 14K white gold cocktail ring centering a high-domed Burmese ruby cabochon, flanked on either side in a reticulated, diamond-set snowflake design; size 5 1/2. Estimate $2,500-$3,000. I.M. Chait image

For details contact I.M. Chait Gallery / Auctioneers by phone at 310-285-0182 or via email at chait@chait.com.

View the fully illustrated catalog and register to bid absentee or live via the Internet as the sale is taking place by logging on to www.LiveAuctioneers.com.