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INSPIRED

LEIBER

ART

䱵⅐ఈ⏏⮱ LEIBER 㬊㶀

The court artisans presented to the Emperor Qianlong, the most მᐤ㬊ࡍाΫ䮳⮴ፊॵ̷䦟䛾ቹ䞭㋡␬ᄣⴠ⮱⥠
jaded of palates, exquisitely crafted examples of gem-encrusted
⦜⣺৮,ጔທ๖ጒ⮱㽚㼵,偩᫔⺋ጛ⮱ևጒ,̺㼵ᱽ
vessels, cleverly designed, meticulously executed and unsparing of
material and time. Such was my decades long fascination with be- ᫆হ᭯䫀Аئ䔪ⅯႹ㒻,ग◧䃀个㻪̓䫀Ả৮Ҡ
jeweled works of art from trompe l’oeil masterpieces of the Qing ➖⮱Ϋ䮳⮴ፊⱩݺ̭ϛȡ㔹᜾᪥࡮Ꭱҳ̭Ⱑ䔤ᜭ
court to Fabergé eggs, fl owers by JAR to the exquisite bags by ₑ䷕ᵩ䶋ಸ⮱㬊㶀৮,ᓋ⌲მᐤᓎ㸪⮱Ь⩌⨤ݝ
Judith Leiber, all having in common the wizardry of imagination
∂䇊⛞ᒖ㯸,ᓋ⤍ᄣ๔ፘJAR⮱ჳ䦟㟞ࡶ仃丫ݝ
and spell-binding beauty.
Judith Leiber ⮱Ⅱᮣ᝸᣽࠲,⮳㲺वγ๖仙㵹⾧⮱
In 2007 we offered at auction a beautiful embellished Qianlong
vase and I immediately associated it with certain Leiber bags I ᘠ׼߈হ䃀ϧ㦄䔤⮱㒻ȡ
had admired and thought had Chinese-inspired themes. In the Fall
2007Ꭱ᜾Ծ៺䈐γ̭УΫ䮳䞲䢼䛾␬䦟ρ㞟ᒖ᫆
of 2017, visiting the Leiber Collection Museum on Long Island, I
⮱㧸⨣,⿸ݨҬ᜾㖜ᘠݝ̭Ⱑ䢫ᙈ⮱Leiberჳ䦟Ⅱ
came upon wonderful examples of the Chinese art prototypes: a
Cizhou pottery tiger-form pillow with its brilliant creams, browns ᮣ᝸᣽࠲,ڣ㽚㼵⌞ऄ͚స㬊㶀ᒞ䴬ȡ2017Ꭱ⻸
and black glazes intact, an artistic avatar to the gorgeous and witty ႐,᜾ᰶᎥࣰ㻭γѺ᫩䪤ሣ⮱Leiberࢇ➖乕,ⰛⲦ
Leiber Tiger bag and a porcelain box in the form of a bundle of
γઌ⮩Leiber᝸࠲㽚㼵⮱͚స⨤க࣌ಸÿÿڣ͚
fi re-crackers. In the Leiber collection are Ming architectural tiles,
and blue and white vessels decorated with ‘The Hundred An- ̭У৮Ⱕ⩇Ҡ⮱ⷮጋ⿝㭻ᒏ᳂,ₐ᭜ Leiber 㭻ಸ
tiques’, refl ecting Judith and Gerson Leiber’s eye and appreciation ᝸᣽࠲⮱㽚㼵࣌ಸ;ओᰶВ⚆㟞✳〦◧䕍ಸ⮱⨤
for Chinese art.
⯿Ό㷘LeiberՌ䥿ݝγ㽚㼵⪣͚ȡLeiber ࢇ➖乕
I am excited to now be able to work with Judith and Gerson Leiber 䖱ᩣ㫼γᬻА෮⸇,丫ᰶࢇऑృ⮱䱿㟞⨤ぶ,䘪ᆂ
to bring their collection of Chinese art—which inspired so many of
⤫γJudith হ Gerson Leiber ᄺ͚స㬊㶀⢕ڤᚔ
the bags I have long admired—to auction.
Ⱪȡ
Mee-Seen Loong
Vice Chairman, Chinese Art and Asian Paintings Judith হ Gerson Leiber ⮱͚స㬊㶀⣺㫼◧ڣ᝸
࠲ޢ҉᣽ӈγᒵ็䱵ᙌȡ᱙⁎᜾࡮ܳớᎥजВ㜴
๘ྒྷιϧव҉,ᄴЃԾ⮱͚స㬊㶀㫼⣺Вᄵൡᒏ
OPPOSITE
ᐼॵ͸᫩̓ȡ
Lot 433 with a butterfly-form minaudière, from
The Gerson and Judith Leiber Foundation 咺㒻І
ޜͨፚ,͚స㬊㶀৮ࣷϋ≟ᰥ⪘
ᄺ䴮

㌕㮌433㜴㲡㲣ᒏᮇს࠲ (Gerson ࣷ Judith
Leiber ധ䛾ᰰᩣ㫼)
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