Page 12 - March 17, 2020 Imperial Jade and Cloisonne, Sotheby's, New York

The occasion of this

accession was the recent
auction sale of the Robert

Hoe collection at the
American Art Galleries.
In this collection the

Chinese cloisonné
enamels were the rarest

and most important
feature. Mr Avery at the
time remarked that the

opportunity offered at the
Hoe collection sale will
never occur again.

– THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, 2 APRIL 1911

「近期American Art Galleries

舉行的Robert Hoe 收藏拍賣 Fig. 2 Illustrated Catalogue of the very valuable art property collected by the
late Robert Hoe of New York, American Art Associations, Managers, New York,
會，其中的中國銅胎掐絲琺 15th February 1911.
圖二 Robert Hoe收藏拍賣圖錄，美國藝術聯盟，紐約，1911年2月15日
瑯器堪稱是最稀有且重要的
亮點。Avery, Jr.先生曾說，能

購藏如Hoe先生藏品的機會可
謂是少之又少，可能以後不
會再有如此機緣。」

《布鲁克林每日鷹報》，1911年4月2日

III (1839-1909) (fig. 2) afforded Avery with the rare and ideal Hoe III (1839-1909) (圖二) 的遺產拍賣會更
opportunity to acquire further works, some of which are 是為Avery, Jr.提供了絕佳的機會收購更多
offered in this auction (lots 10, 20, 24, 29 and 30). 精品，其中數件亦現身於本次拍賣 (編號
10、20、24、29及30)。
Following the further gift of Avery’s acquisitions from the
Hoe auction, leading scholar and Asian art specialist John 繼先生將所拍得的Hoe舊藏贈予布魯克
Getz was commission to author a publication memorializing 林博物館之後，亞洲藝術專家學者John
the gift. The resulting Catalogue of the Avery Collection of Getz正式受委託為此次重要捐贈撰寫
Ancient Cloisonnés was published in 1912 with a foreword by 圖錄。1912年，《Catalogue of the Avery