S
otheby’s Important Chinese Art sale presents an exciting selection of early ceramics, Imperial porcelains, works of art and paintings ranging from early dynastic periods to the 20th century.
Leading the sale are a wonderful group of Chinese porcelains, jades and small works of art from the Ezekiel Collection, formed by Marcus Ezekiel (1854- 1927) and his son Victor Ezekiel (1905-1976), two leading figures in the formative years of Chinese art collecting in London in the first part of the 20th century, and important early members of the Oriental Ceramic Society. The sale also presents select paintings and works of art formerly in the collection of Dr. David Ho (1911-1986) led by a rare example of an inscribed and dated Han dynasty bronze goosefoot lamp, yanzudeng.
Other sale highlights include a large and exquisitely modelled sancai-glazed horse made during the Tang dynasty from an English private collection, two outstanding Song ceramics from an important private collection, and a magnificent and very rare large famille-rose-decorated vase, tianqiuping, made under the Qianlong emperor and discovered in an English private collection. Another focus of the sale is an important group of classical and modern paintings and calligraphies, led by five works by Lin Fengmian which were acquired directly from the artist in Shanghai in the early 1960s by a former Norwegian counsel general in China.
