BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Today I.M. Chait Gallery & Auctioneers commenced the West Coast preview for its their sixth annual Important Chinese Ceramics & Asian Works of Art Auction. The sale will be held March 21 during Asia Week New York, but the company always hosts a preview at their flagship gallery in Beverly Hills to accommodate their local clientele who may not be able to travel to New York. LiveAuctioneers.com will provide Internet live-bidding services during the sale.

The auction features several stunning and highly valuable Chinese pieces. Highlights include a Yuan Dynasty large blue and white bowl previously in the T.T. Tsui Museum; an important carved spinach jade brush pot originally purchased from Spink London, and a Qianlong Imperial lapis lazuli table screen.

The Beverly Hills preview is on now through March 4, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, or by appointment. Gallery address: 9330 Civic Center Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

The New York preview will be held from Marcy 16-20, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and on auction day from 10 a.m. until the sale commences. Gallery address: Fuller Building, 6th Floor, 595 Madison Ave. at 57th St., New York, NY 10022

For additional information, call tollfree 800-775-5020 or 310-285-0182; or e-mail joey@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.

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