PROPERTY FROM AN ASIAN FAMILY COLLECTION

Ling, Helen D. (1901-1982) and Edward T. Chow (1910-1980). [Collection of E.T. Chow]: Complete Collection of Ming Dynasty Kingtehchen Porcelain from the Hall of Disciplined Learning. - Collection of Chinese Ceramics from the Hall of Leisurely Pastime.

TYPESCRIPT CATALOGUES. HONG KONG: [PRIVATELY PRINTED], 1950.

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Ling, Helen D. (1901-1982) and Edward T. Chow (1910-1980). [Collection of E.T. Chow]: Complete Collection of Ming Dynasty Kingtehchen Porcelain from the Hall of Disciplined Learning. - Collection of Chinese Ceramics from the Hall of Leisurely Pastime.
Typescript catalogues. Hong Kong: [privately printed], 1950.
Together 4 volumes, 2o (340 x 280 mm). 200 silk album leaves with mounted carbon copy typescript descriptions opposite plates. 260 pieces are fully described, with three dimensions supplied and one or more illustration. Accordion-folded onto silk boards embroidered with dragon medallions amidst clouds.

LIMITED EDITION, number 2 of 5 copies. (4)

Provenance

M.C. Wang Collection, China, and thence by decent to the present owners.

Lot Essay

Edward Chow and Helen Ling were both internationally known dealers/collectors of Chinese Ceramics. Chow began collecting as a teenager in Shanghai in the 1920s. Ling, born in Ohio, became a well-respected dealer and collector in China and Singapore. The two volume set, Hall of Disciplined Learning, illustrates ceramics collected by E.T. Chow. The two-volume set, Hall of Leisurely Pastime, illustrates ceramics from the collection of M.C. Wang, a banker in pre-war China. Most of the important Song ceramics in the M.C. Wang collection are now in the Cleveland Museum of Art.

A set of these four volumes from the Falk Collection was sold in these rooms, 20 September 2001, lot 233.

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