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The green tool box would go on to help Judy’s skilled hands create 䕆Ը㋍㞟ᄼጒڤマᄴ᎘ߖᓰ䱵᝸ጔ⮱Judyិ຦
what her brilliant mind dreamed, and the black and white ‘Mythical
⮱᝺㤜ᆂ䱟♎䖧喑㔹䕆Ը⌲А㉍㗻叾ᒖ⮱ᄼ⨣ݴ
Beast’ bottle vase from the Qing dynasty captured our imagination in
such a way as to inspire the collection of the objects here today. Yes, ᑂᄻ͓⓭⮩γ᜾Ծιϧ⮱ᘠ׼߈喑᜽ᅞγ᜾ԾϷ
there was the enormous aesthetic pleasure when glimpsing a piece ๖⮱䕆ԸLeiber͚స㬊㶀ࢇ➖乕ȡౕ㻭䈋͚స⨤
of Chinese porcelain, but we were also drawn to the rarity, the rich க⮱᭯Ն喑᜾ԾजВ⢟ᓄ䈋ᓰᖲⰛ⮱Ả๔Ϙऄ喠
symbolism, and the glimpse into the artmaking and storytelling of the
ह᭯喑᜾ԾΌ⌞⌞ౝ㷘䕆ψ⨤க⮱⼭ᰶᕔȠ䅽ჹ
extremely fascinating fi ve-millennium-old culture of China. It was
that spark that was ignited when viewing a work of Chinese art, pure ⮱䆎ᓢᘼ㓖᝭॥ᑂ喑ᓋႰԾ⮱㇫㒻ጒ㬊হ㈸丫ᄀ
propinquity. ᘼ͚⿧ᣏ͚స䕆Ըᰶ㦄ρࡰᎡᗍͲ₤ट⮱ն๔
It became a favorite quest of Judy’s and mine to surround ourselves ᪴ᬻȡ㔹ₐ᭜ౕ䓾䌊䰏ᣒ㼥䕆ψ͚స㬊㶀⣺৮⮱
with Chinese porcelain and pottery. Our adoration of these works of ᭯Ն喑吋⛰γ᜾Ծᓰ͚♎䭽ᣒ䓾䕆Ը᪴ᬻ⮱⍡᱈
art inspired some of Judy’s most beloved handbags and minaudières;
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the Chinese Foo Dog, the Resting Crane, the Crouching Tiger, the
Firecrackers, the Chinese Hand Warmer and others. ᫩᭜喑ᩣ㫼͚స㬊㶀৮Ƞ䃀ႰԾ᭯ݨٲ⯵᜾Ծ⮱
From our very fi rst purchase from a small antiques shop in Budapest ⩌≨᜽γ᜾হJudyᰭ๔⮱ᙈສȡ᜾Ծᄺ͚స㬊㶀
in 1946, to our personal exhibition of Chinese art at our East Hampton ৮⮱䢫ᙈΌઌ⮩Judy㽚㼵ܧ็䃀຦ऺ㖟๔䰴
museum in 2008, our lives and our work have been inspired by Chi-
⮱᝸࠲হჳ䦟Ⅱᮣᮇს࠲ÿÿҸຯ͚స҈⡲䕍
nese art. We’ve delighted in the intricate designs and beautiful motifs
for the past seventy years, and we hope that these works of art will ಸ᝸࠲Ƞ⦋勡᝸࠲Ƞ㜒㭻᝸࠲Ƞ✳〦ᮇს࠲Ƞ͚ᐼ
bring similar joy in their new homes. ᝸✽᝸࠲ВࣷڣႰᐼ⮱͚సٰ㉍᝸࠲ȡ
ᓋ1946Ꭱౕጰ䖁Җ᫜䗐უᄼऑ㦐Ꮔ䈩ڒす̭У
͚స㬊㶀৮喑ݝ2008ᎡౕᲞ⑏ᮛ䵀᜽⿸᜾Ծ㜗ጞ
⮱͚స㬊㶀ࢇ➖乕喑᜾Ծ⮱⩌≨হጒ҉䘪⊥⒑ౕ
͚స㬊㶀⮱⚼䮣͸͚ȡౕ䕻̰ࣨ࡮Ꭱ͚喑䕆ψ㏃
ጔ⮱㽚㼵হ㇫㒻⮱ృᵵ፣㊓᜾ԾẢ๔⮱ૉᖲহ
Ϙऄ喑᜾Ծጹ᱈ႰԾΌ㘪ํ◧ऱ㜗⮱᫝უ෋⌨ह
OPPOSITE
ὐ⮱Ἧ䋐ȡ
Judith and Gerson Leiber Wedding
Photograph by Steven Peto (Judith Leiber’s
cousin), 1946, in the Peto apartment in
Budapest, Hungary. Courtesy of The Leiber
Collection
ᄺ䴮
Judith ࣷ Gerson Leiber ྇⚔
⩞ Steven Peto (Judith Leiber യٱᑌ) ᩊ᫩
࠵➆ݖጰ䖁Җ᫜ Peto ڙᄀ, 1946Ꭱ
⚔❴ҳ⎽: Leiber ᩣ㫼
RIGHT
Lot 431 illustrated in Edgar Gorer, Catalogue
of Old Chinese Porcelains formed by Richard
Bennett Esq., London, 1913, pl. 298
ठ
㌕㮌431⹧ృ᫩ Edgar Gorer,ȨCatalogue
of the Collection of Old Chinese Porcelains
formed by Richard Bennett, Esq.ȩ喑՘᪓,
1913Ꭱ, ృ❵298

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