The OCS is pleased to introduce a new series of lectures that will discuss issues in art and law that will be of interest to collectors. The first lecture will introduce some broad topics and later lectures will look at topics in more depth through case studies.
OCS is pleased to offer you this lecture by Prof. Anne Gerritsen of Leiden University. Originally planned to be held as our 2020 K.S. Lo Memorial Lecture event, we will now be able to bring this lecture to members and friends around the world.
OCS was grateful to Tony Miller, our former president, for his richly presented lecture on the story of Chinese porcelains mounted in gold and silver in Europe and the Middle East.
OCS was grateful to have distinguished former Executive Committee member, Ms Catherine Maudsley, introduce the lives and legacies of four exemplary 20th century women art collectors.
From very early in the history of collecting Chinese antiquities, fakes and forgeries have existed. But the situation has become worse in recent years, following the opening-up of China and the escalation of prices of good collectors’ items.
Pola Antebi guided members through a private preview of Christie’s Hong Kong Autumn Auctions of Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, telling the stories behind several highlights of the sale.
Keason Tang gave a fascinating tour for members of the music-themed section of Bonham’s Hong Kong Autumn Auctions, even performing a piece on the Song Dynasty guqing in the sale.
In our first online lecture, Prof. Jacobs drew upon the research he conducted in writing his new book, The Compensations of Plunder, to reveal how the attitudes of Chinese officials [...]
Members especially appreciated this exclusive preview of Sotheby’s Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art with Nicolas Chow, a treat after months of social distancing.
Members were taken through the season’s highlights, including The Harry Garner Reticulated Vase, a lost masterpiece of Chinese porcelain found in a remote European house almost 60 years since it last came to market.
Members were led through the season’s highlights, including a celadon vase made at the Longquan kilns in the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279) covered in a thick celadon glaze of jade-like quality.
With the support of the Lo Kwee Seong Foundation, The Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Museum of Art were able to organise a half day symposium dedicated to local scholarship of China Trade in honour of the re-opening of the museum.