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Event date October 2025 -
Event location Hong Kong
The Au Bak Ling Collection Volume II is Christie’s Hong Kong’s second dedicated auction celebrating the prestigious collection of Chinese ceramics formed by the illustrious collector Au Bak Ling. Featuring 45 exquisite works spanning the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, the collection is distinguished by its exceptional quality, provenance and condition, acquired mostly through international auctions from the 1970s to 1990s.
Highlights include a rare Kangxi peachbloom-glazed ‘three-string’ vase (laifu zun), an extremely rare Yongzheng yangcai ‘poppy’ bowl, a fine and rare Xuande blue and white ‘lianzi wan’ bowl, an exceedingly rare Kangxi-marked blue and white ‘riverscape’ brush pot, and more.
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About Mr Au Bak Ling (1928–2019)
For over 50 years, Mr Au Bak Ling (left image) passionately searched for the finest and rarest Chinese ceramics, forming an extraordinary collection comprising pieces spanning from the Song to Qing dynasties — China’s golden era of ceramic production. Mr Au was particularly renowned for his collection of exquisite Chenghua period (1465–1487) imperial porcelains. In 1998, highlights from his collection were displayed at the Royal Academy of Arts in London in an exhibition titled ‘100 Masterpieces from the Au Bak Ling Collection’. This was the first exhibition of Chinese ceramics from a private collection held at the Royal Academy since its founding in 1768, underscoring the collection’s significance in the global art world.