An 18th century Chinese export porcelain Hong Kong Bowl. Estimate: $15,000-25,000. Courtesy Lark Mason Associates

NEW YORK, NY.- Lark Mason Associates will present two major Asian art sales: Chinese Export Porcelain and Works of Art from an American Collector– will open for bidding on www.igavelauctions.com on March 31-April 21st,, with the second one– Asian, Ancient, Ethnographic Works of Art- commencing on April 2-23rd.

With over 1,000 lots, these two sales will a wide array of decorative Asian works of art and will appeal to a broad base of collectors,” says Lark Mason.

Some of the major highlights in Chinese Export Porcelain and Works of Art from an American Collector include a finely painted 18th Export Hong Kong Bowl (estimate: $15,000-25,000), illustrating the merchant houses of Canton, made in limited quantities for the western merchants active in Canton for the China Trade; a fine gilded bronze vessel by Hu Wenming, a Chinese bronze artisan whose works created during the late Ming dynasty, featuring his signature imagery of mythical creatures in a band across the swelled body (Estimate: $3,000 to $5,000); and a selection of seven 18th century Himalayan gilt bronzes with a highlight Hayagriva and Consort, with the group estimate to realize over $50,000.

A fine gilt bronze silverwire censer by Hu Wenming, late Ming dynasty. Estimate: $3,000-5,000. Courtesy Lark Mason Associates

An 18th century Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Hayagriva and Consort. Courtesy Lark Mason Associates

According to Mason, of the approximately 150 lots offered in this sale, a large number of the items were purchased from such venerable firms as S. Marchant & Son, Philip Suvall, E & J Frankel, Joseph and Earl D.Vandekar, the Sotheby’s 1940’s Yamanaka Collection, and Ralph M. Chait Galleries. 

Highlights from the Asian, Ancient, Ethnographic Works of Art sale include:
a pair of cloisonné and gilt bronze scrolls in a fitted huanghuali box, dating to the Qing dynasty (Estimate: $10,000- 15,000) and an archaic style ewer with cloisonne´ stand dating to the late Qing dynasty (Estimate: $15,000-20,000).

A pair of cloisonné and gilt bronze scrolls in a fitted huanghuali box, dating to the Qing dynasty. Estimate: $10,000- 15,000. Courtesy Lark Mason Associates