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THE LIEDTKE COLLECTION

CHINESE EXPORT ART

AFTERNOON SESSION
Lots 126-247

THE WALTER AND NANCY LIEDTKE COLLECTION

The art world lost one of its brightest and most passionate scholars
when Walter Liedtke died last year. Lietdke was not only one of
the world’s preeminent authorities on Dutch and Flemish painting,
but also a trusted advisor to many collectors and a cherished
friend, always ready to engage in enlightening and often heated
discussions about topics spanning the history of art. After earning
his master’s degree at Brown and his doctorate at the Courtauld
Institute of Art in London, Walter taught for four years at Ohio
State University. In 1979, he began his career at the Metropolitan
Museum of Art in New York as a Mellon Fellow. The following
year he became curator of Dutch and Flemish paintings European
Paintings department, where he organized many acclaimed and
ground-breaking exhibitions, including Rembrandt/Not Rembrandt
in The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1995-1996), Vermeer and
the Delft School (2001), and The Age of Rembrandt (2007). His
numerous publications include Architectural Painting in Delft
(1982), Vermeer: The Complete Paintings (2008), as well as the
1984 catalogue of the Metropolitan Museum’s Flemish paintings
and his comprehensive 2007 catalogue of the museum’s Dutch
paintings (1083 pp.). Liedtke’s discerning eye and profound
intellectual curiosity are refected in the paintings, prints and
Chinese export porcelain that he and his wife, Nancy, lovingly
acquired over the years.

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A BLUE AND WHITE ‘KRAAK’ DISH
LATE MING DYNASTY

The center brightly painted with overlapping
leaves and symbols, the sides with radiating
panels of fruit and auspicious emblems, the
exterior with further decoration

14Ω in. (37 cm.) diameter

$4,000-6,000

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