It is my honour and great pleasure to handle this private Hong Kong collection of Qing dynasty glass and bronzes, assembled between the 1980s to around 2010. I first met the collector whilst working at Christie’s London in the late 1980s, and had kept in regular contact even after leaving to set up my own company in 2000. Although he mainly acquired Beijing glass, his interests also included bronze incense burners, small jades, other works of art, and occasionally ceramics.
Fine Art Asia, Hong Kong, October 2023
An imperial gilt-copper mounted Beijing enamel and ruby-red glass bird feeder, China: Beijing Palace Workshops, early Qianlong period (1736–95)
A pair of Beijing transparent amber glass models of snarling lions, China: Beijing Palace Workshops, early Qianlong period (1736–95)
A Beijing transparent green glass tripod incense burner, China: incised Qianlong four-character mark within a square border and of the period (1736–95)
A large bronze tripod incense burner, the base with a inscription date of the fifth year of Xuande, China: 16th|early 17th century