Asian, Ancient, & Ethnographic Works of Art From the Schloss Collection Presented by Lark Mason

Aug. 28, 2012 - PRLog -- Lark Mason is pleased to present Asian, Ancient, & Ethnographic Works of Art from the Schloss Collection exclusively available for bidding on iGavelAuctions.com from September 19th-October 11, 2012. The sale is comprised of 160 lots, the large majority of which include Sancai burial figurals from the Tang Dynasty. iGavel will host an Asia Art Week Gallery Preview from September 8th-14th, 2012 at 227 East 120th Street in New York City.

Lillian Schloss, pictured below, was the wife of the late Mr. Ezekiel Schloss, a well-resepected figure in the Chinese antiquities industry. Mr. Schloss wrote one of the definitive books on Tang Dynasty artifacts that was “very important at the time,” said David Sensabaugh, the curator of Asian art at the Yale University Art Gallery, who also called the Schloss collection pioneering. At one time, more than 300 such figurines filled the living and dining rooms of Mrs. Schloss’s apartment on West End Avenue in New York City.

Focusing exclusively on Chinese art since the 1960’s, the Schloss collection contains many pieces of historical importance. Back in 1984, an auction of some of the pieces collected by Mrs. Schloss and her husband brought in about $2 million at auction at an international Auction house.

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Lark E. Mason - President of iGavel - was formerly a Senior Vice President with Sotheby’s Chinese Works of Art Department, and a Director of Online Auctions for
Sothebys.com. He frequently appears on national and international media as a guest appraiser.