E mbracing 5000 years of Asian art history, this season’s ‘Asian Art / 5000 Years’ sale features a wide variety of ceramics, sculptures and jade spanning the length and breadth of Asia. A notable highlight of the sale is a number of Chinese artefacts from the estate of Father Émile Ducarme (杜嘉梅) including an exceptionally rare illuminated Ming dynasty manuscript, the Beidoujing 北斗經, commissioned by the wife of the Jiajing Emperor in 1542; two ink rubbings with extracts from the ‘Qianlong Stone Classics’ stele; and a number of personal effects including scholar artefacts and jades.
橫跨亞洲五千年，巴黎蘇富比欣呈眾多不同門類之琳瑯雅蓄，包括陶瓷、雕塑和玉器等。本次拍賣亮點為法國神父杜嘉梅（Émile Ducarme， 1884-1955）之收藏。其中包括一卷明嘉靖壬寅年所繪製《太上玄靈北斗本命延生真經》，由中宮皇后所施；另有兩卷舊拓，其一節摘自《乾隆石經》碑；另包含杜嘉梅神父之私人物品文房四寶和玉器。
Born in Raismes on 2 April 1884, Ducarme was among a small group of seminary students sent to China in 1903. Ordained in Jiaxing in April 1905, Father Ducarme went on to serve as the first priest of Changxindian, the director of the entire Nantang district of Beijing and, finally, as curé of the Église Saint-Michel which stands to this day in the former French Legation.
杜嘉梅生於1884年4月2日法國北部雷斯曼，為 1903 年駐派中國神學院生之一員。1905 年 4 月杜氏於中國嘉慶市領受神職，並為長辛店第一位神父，亦是北京南塘區執事，最終任職於聖米厄爾教堂（Église Saint-Michel），該教堂至今仍矗立在北京東交民巷中。
Several works offered in this sale feature the powerful mythical beast and current zodiac for the Lunar year in a great variety of iconographies.
甲辰龍年，本次拍賣紛呈數件龍紋之作，豐富多樣，展現歷代工匠對龍文化深厚底蘊。
The highlight of this group is a set of five ‘Qianjiang’ enameled plaques, signed Cheng Men (1833 - 1908), acquired by Mr K.S. Cheng from Nessim gallery in Stockholm in the 1960s.
本收藏焦點為一套程門款（1833 - 1908 年）之淺絳彩花卉紋五屏瓷板，由收藏家K.S. Cheng先生於六零年代從斯德哥爾摩之 Nessim 藝廊購得。
Rare books, magazines and catalogues, from the personal library of Sam and Myrna Myers in France (Lots 24-31) shall provide another interesting focus in the sale.
知名前骨董商森美及瑪娜 · 邁爾斯伉儷長年累月所收集之珍稀東方藝術書籍、圖錄、雜誌等（拍品编号 24-31），亦為本次拍賣關注焦點。
