Lot 3
Asian art - Hobson, R.L.
£3,600
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 13 January 2016 at 11:00 GMT
Description
A catalogue of the Chinese pottery and porcelain the collection of Sir Percival David. London: Stourton Press, 1934. 4to, number 349 of 650 copies, printed on special paper in types designed by Eric Gill, 180 coloured and other plates, blue Chinese silk binding by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, in cloth box, bookplate of Miles & Jacqueline Lampson, a fine copy
Footnote
Note: Sir Percival David (1892-1964) built the finest private collection of Chinese ceramics in the world. He came from the wealthy Sassoon banking family, based in Mumbai, and settled in London in 1913. His passion for China inspired him to learn Chinese well enough to translate 14th-century art texts.
David was a committed philanthropist and gave money toward establishing the first public display of Chinese ceramics at the Palace Museum in Beijing. He brought to London a great exhibition of Chinese art, with contributions of outstanding treasures from the Peking palace and the principal museums and private collections of Europe and America. He also established a great centre of Chinese art studies in the University of London to cultivate, through the appreciation of the Chinese artistic genius, a deeper understanding and a greater respect for China in the Western world.
Miles Lampson, 1st Baron Killearn (1880-1964), was British Minister to China between 1926 and 1933.
David was a committed philanthropist and gave money toward establishing the first public display of Chinese ceramics at the Palace Museum in Beijing. He brought to London a great exhibition of Chinese art, with contributions of outstanding treasures from the Peking palace and the principal museums and private collections of Europe and America. He also established a great centre of Chinese art studies in the University of London to cultivate, through the appreciation of the Chinese artistic genius, a deeper understanding and a greater respect for China in the Western world.
Miles Lampson, 1st Baron Killearn (1880-1964), was British Minister to China between 1926 and 1933.
