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The Collection of Aso O. Tavitian | New York ...

By STAIR

Mar 20, 2025

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STAIR is proud to present a three-day single-owner sale of property from the late Aso O. Tavitian on March 19, 20, and 21. A true connoisseur, Tavitian assembled an extraordinary collection of English furniture, decorative arts, European sculpture, and garden statuary. Each item in the collection was selected with the meticulous eye and refined sensibility that defined Tavitian’s approach to collecting. STAIR internetrequests@stairgalleries.com

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• Lot Description

  Including:

  Wang Shixiang: Classic Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Dynasties;

  Curtis Evarts: C.L. Ma Collection: Traditional Chinese Furniture from the Greater Shanxi Region (two copies);

  Jerry J. Chen: The Chinese Scholar's Mind: Furniture from late Ming to early Qing Dynasties;

  Ho Wing Meng: Straits Chinese Furniture: A Collector's Guide;

  Robert Hatfield Ellsworth: Essence of Style: Chinese Furniture of the Late Ming and Early Qing Dynasties;

  Jerry J. Chen: A Minimal Vision: Furniture with Paintings by Yun Gee (two copies);

  Sandra Lok Fu Chin: Classical Chinese Wood Furniture;

  Chinese Furniture: Selected articles from Orientations 1984-1994;

  Grace Wu Bruce: On the Kang and between the Walls: the Ming Furniture quietly installed;

  Grace Wu Bruce: Ming Furniture;

  MD Flacks: Classical Chinese Furniture II, Autumn 1997;

  MD Flacks: Classical Chinese Furniture IV, Spring 2003;

  Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society, Winter 1990;

  Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society, Summer 1991.

  The largest 12 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (16).

  Condition

  All in apparently good condition.

  Notwithstanding this report or any discussion concerning condition of a lot, all lots are offered and sold "as is" in accordance with our conditions of sale.

• Provenance

  Sold Sotheby's, New York, September 28, 2004, Lot 7.

  The Collection of Aso O. Tavitian - New York & Stockbridge.

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