T his March, Sotheby's Chinese Art auction will feature a wide assortment of porcelains, bronzes, early ceramics, jades, and works of art from important collections. Leading the sale is an exceedingly rare and possibly unique blue and white Xuande 'fruit and flower' jar and an exceptional Southern Song Guan dish. The sale will also feature an extremely rare four-handled bronze food vessel, a magnificent gilt-decorated figure of a horse from The Cindy and Jay Pritzker Collection, a fine Yongzheng blue and white 'flower' vase, and an impressive group of early ceramics from a single Important American Private Collection.
The present collection, acquired by an American private collector from international auction houses and dealers, celebrates this poetry. More than mere examples of technical developments or points in history, each piece in the collection is imbued with an ineffable sense of spirit and an association with the natural world.
This collection reflects Murdock’s belief that art serves as a bridge between cultures and generations. By assembling and preserving works of Chinese art at the highest level, he contributed to the international appreciation of China’s material heritage and its place within the global history of art.
