John McInnis Auctioneers' timed online Asian Collections Auction slated for Saturday, February 25th

AMESBURY, Mass. - Feb. 13, 2023 - PRLog -- An Asian Collections Auction featuring the personal private collection of Dr. Allan Bezan of Chestnut Hill, Mass., plus other prominent estates from greater Boston, will be held on Saturday, February 25^th, starting at 10 am Eastern time, by John McInnis Auctioneers. This will be a timed online auction, with bidding offered exclusively on LiveAuctioneers.com.

The catalog is packed with nearly 700 lots of Japanese and Chinese items, to include fine art, fine furniture, porcelains, bronzes, ceramics, snuff bottles and more. All items will be sold to the highest bidder without reserves, and all lots will have a modest opening bid of ten dollars. Lots 1-250 will comprise the Japanese collection; lots 275-680 will comprise the Chinese collection.

The expected top lot of the auction actually isn't Asian at all. It's a last-minute consignment that John McInnis Auctioneers simply had to fold into the catalog: a dazzling GIA-certified 7.53-ct. diamond set in an 18kt gold mount, the center diamond round brilliant cut (or European cut), boasting VS2 clarity, S-T color grade range and VS2 clarity. It's a size 7 (est. $15,000-$30,000).

Chinese furniture will feature a pair of 18^th century hardwood (possibly zitan) "official's hat" yoke back armchairs with ogee splat carved in low relief and with bat, tassel and various other geometric patterns, the legs supported by stepped stretchers (est. $5,000-$10,000); and a 19^th century Chinese console table, the top set with a huanghuali center panel (est. $4,000-$6,000).

A lovely 19^th century Chinese bronze censer in good condition, signed and measuring 3 inches by 5 inches, is expected to bring $5,000-$10,000; while a 19^th century ormolu mounted famille bowl – a finely cast and gilt mount raised dished porcelain plate with four acanthus leaf-form legs – in good condition and measuring 3 ¾ inches by 12 inches, should sell for $1,500-$3,000.

An 18^th or 19^th century Chinese scroll painting, pigment on paper, titled Birds Amongst the Wetlands, unsigned and 35 inches by 62 inches, framed, has an estimate of $2,000-$4,000. Also, an extraordinary 19^th century signed, gilt painted Chinese panel, signed in characters, retaining an original carved pedestal and frame, 13 ¼ inches by 21 ½ inches, should make $2,000-$4,000.

To learn more about John McInnis Auctioneers and the online-only February 25^th Asian Collections Auction, please visit www.mcinnisauctions.com.