The Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong is delighted to announce a private viewing of Sotheby’s Hong Kong Asian Art Week with Mr. Nicolas Chow.
Amongst the highlights of the auction, Chinese Art, will be The Blue Goats—a monumental painting by Giuseppe Castiglione and Jin Tingbiao, a blue-enamel Kangxi-mark-and-period falangcai bowl from the Carnegie Museum of Art, and a large Xuande-mark-and-period gilt-bronze figure of Chaturbhuja Mahakala from the Bodhimanda Foundation. Also on view in Chinese Art through the Eye of Sakamoto Gorō: A Selection II, will be a rare Yuan-blue-and-white jar with dragon and peony. This line-up showcases palm-sized objects to monumental artefacts, illustrating the sheer breadth and depth of thousands of years of Chinese art history.
Nicolas Chow is Chairman of Sotheby’s Asia and Worldwide Head of Asian Art. Mr. Nicolas Chow first joined Sotheby’s in 1999 and has played a pivotal role in leading the Chinese art market in Asia since 2003. Mr. Chow has been the mastermind behind many record-breaking sales. Notable examples include a rare Ru Guanyao brush washer from Northern Song Dynasty, which fetched HK$290 million and set the world record for Chinese Ceramics (October 2017); as well as the Meiyintang “Chicken Cup” which sold for HK$280 million to Shanghai collector Liu Yiqian, establishing a world record for Chinese Porcelain (April 2014).
Registration starts at 10:45am. Members are reminded that as the viewing takes place before the public are admitted, this event is strictly limited to current members only. A limited number of places are available, and pre-registration is required. Drop-ins will not be entertained. Members are further reminded that photography is not ordinarily permitted.
Image courtesy of Sotheby’s: A Yuan dynasty blue and white ‘dragon and peony’ jar, from the Collection of Sakamoto Gorō