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Property from the Collection of
Dr. Robert and

Mrs. Patricia Jacobsen

(Lots 1630-1634)
1630
The works of art from the collection of Dr. Robert and Mrs. Patricia A RARE PAIR OF MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID BLACK
Jacobsen in this sale reflect their interest in various areas of Asian art. LACQUER CUPS AND SAUCERS
This seems especially appropriate for Dr. Jacobsen, who has had a long 18TH CENTURY
and distinguished career in the field of Asian art, as a scholar, teacher, Each cup and saucer is formed as six overlapping petals inlaid with various
lecturer, and most notably as the Chair of Asian Art and Curator of Chinese, diaper patterns, those on the saucers radiating outwards from below the
Indian, Himalayan, Southeast Asian and Islamic Art Department at the raised cup holder decorated in the center with a dragon roundel, while the
Minneapolis Institute of Art.
exterior is decorated with six different blossoming stems.
Saucers 5Ω in. (14 cm.) diam., cups 2º in. (5.6 cm.) diam., softwood box (2)
During his tenure at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, which began in 1976,
when Dr. Jacobsen was made the founding curator of the Department
$10,000-15,000
of Asian Art, what started as a 900-piece collection, primarily of ancient
bronzes and Japanese prints, grew to a collection of 14,500 objects. He PROVENANCE:
has organized and curated numerous exhibitions including Japanese Sotheby's New York, 6 May 1981, lot 129.
Art: Selections from the Mary and Jackson Burke Collection (1977); The
Art of Japanese Screen Painting (1984); Classical Chinese Furniture in EXHIBITED:
On loan: Minneapolis, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1 December
the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (1999); Imperial Silks: Ch’ing Dynasty
2002-1 December 2003.
Textiles in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (2000); and Appreciating
China: Gifts from Ruth and Bruce Dayton (2002). He has written more than
thirty scholarly articles and books on Asian art; most recently he was the
author of Celestial Horses & Long Sleeve Dancers: The David W. Dewey 清十八世紀 黑漆嵌螺鈿六瓣式盃與盃托一對
Collection of Ancient Chinese Tomb Sculpture. His particular interests
have been early Chinese art, Chinese architecture and classical Chinese
furniture. It is the latter two interests, combined with the enthusiastic
support of Ruth and Bruce Dayton, that led to the creation of one of the
great public collections of classical Chinese furniture and scholar’s objects,
and the galleries that house and highlight them, including a 400-year old
Ming-dynasty reception hall and a Qing-dynasty scholar’s studio from 1797,
which Dr. Jacobsen brought back from China.

(saucer)