Page 12 - Sothebys Buddhist Metalwork From The Collection of Tuyet Nguyet And Stephen Markbreiter May 26 2021

INTRODUCTION

Tuyet Nguyet was a Vietnamese journalist who Tuyet and Stephen were indefatigable art lovers,
founded Arts of Asia with her English architect collecting across a very broad range of categories.
husband Stephen Markbreiter in 1970, combining In October 2010, Sotheby’s was privileged to be
her interests in Asian art and antiques with entrusted by the family with a group of six rare gilt-
her journalistic background to promote an bronze Buddhist sculptures from the early Ming
understanding and appreciation for Asian art period, a highly successful ‘white-glove’ sale which
and culture. Tuyet and Stephen were pioneers in fetched a spectacular total of HKD73million.
travelling to China as early as 1965, before it opened Sotheby’s is delighted to be offering two sales
to the world. Early issues included a focus on the here: the first, a collection of Buddhist metalwork
Palace Museum, Beijing, and the Temple of Heaven.
sculpture; the second, a collection of jade carvings
The magazine quickly became recognised as the and China coast paintings. The scope of the
foremost international magazine of Asian arts and Buddhist metalwork sale ranges from the Pala of
antiques, with the largest circulation of any Asian eastern India, through the Khasa Malla kingdom
art magazine. Supported by leading museums, of Western Nepal, to Tibet and finally China.
cultural organisations, auction houses and art Highlights of the sale include a powerful silver
dealers, and collectors and students of art, it offered and copper-inlaid Pala figure of Manjuvajra and
essential reading for knowledge of Asian art and a magnificent large gilt sculpture of Shakyamuni
culture. Buddha. The group of Chinese jade carvings and
China coast paintings encompass the breath of
Both Tuyet and Stephen have now passed China’s long history of craftsmanship as well as the
on, but Tuyet lived to enjoy the celebrations fascinating period of early global trade in the Qing
commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Arts of
Asia in 2020, and the magazine continues to flourish dynasty. Highlights in the sale include a yellow
in print and digital versions. jade figure of a deer, a white jade figure of a boy
on hobby horse, a Portrait of Howqua by Lamqua,
A View of Hong Kong from the Victoria Harbour by
Youqua, as well as a fine selection of paintings and
drawings by George Chinnery.

雪月藏乃出自 Stephen Markbreiter （1921-2014 年）、 野之藝術雜誌，五十載至今，點燎原之火，對推動東
Tuyet Nguyet（中文譯名「雪月」，1934-2020 年）伉儷 方藝術文化的學術研究、市場發展，以及收藏風氣貢
收藏。 Stephen Markbreiter，英國人，畢業於倫敦巴特 獻尤巨。
萊特建築學院，1953 年遷居香江，加入巴馬丹拿建
2010 年 10 月，蘇富比有幸獲藏家家族委託，呈獻一
築事務所，為港設計多座建築。 Tuyet Nguyet，越南
組六尊珍稀明初鎏金銅佛像，拍賣錄得 7,300 萬港元
新安河人，1955 年獲獎學金，負笈美國芝加哥曼德
以及「白手套」佳績。
林學院攻讀新聞學。隨夫遷港後，任新聞記者， 為《南
華早報》、《遠東經濟評論》等報刊撰文。二人畢生鍾
蘇富比欣然呈獻雪月收藏兩個專場拍賣，包括佛教造
情東方文化藝術，鑽研甚深，庋藏明清鎏金銅佛教坐
像、玉器及外銷油畫。「佛道禪心：雪月藏佛教造像」
像、玉雕、鼻煙壺、中外書畫、油畫，範圍廣泛，不
專場呈獻之佛教造像涵蓋東印度帕拉、西尼泊爾卡薩
時外遊四方講學、欣賞展覽。雪月長袖善舞，與藝術
瑪拉王國、西藏以至中國等地，拍賣焦點包括一尊帕
界舉足輕重之士交情深厚，更協助國際拍賣行如蘇富
拉銅錯銀文殊菩薩像及一尊明永樂鎏金銅釋迦牟尼佛
比進軍香港， 奠定香港作為亞洲藝術市場中心的地
像。「藝蘊傳心：雪月藏亞洲藝術珍品」專場則包括
位。
其玉器及外銷油畫收藏，拍品選粹不單呈現中國藝術
1970 年，藉其豐富新聞工作經驗、人脈資源及滿腔 文化歷史之底蘊，亦可窺探清代早期貿易之面貌。精
熱枕，他倆自行斥資創辦《Arts of Asia》雙月刊，內 選拍品包括黃玉臥鹿、白玉騎馬童子、林呱作《浩官》
容涉獵中國、日本、印度、東南亞以至中東等地藝術 畫像、煜呱作《香港維多利亞海港圖》及英國畫家喬
文化，廣邀各地學者、策展人、收藏家等撰稿，開拓 治 · 錢納利素描、油畫選粹。 Stephen Markbreiter and Tuyet Nguyet, co-founders of Arts of Asia magazine
嶄新研究領域，深入探討交流，乃早期少數具國際視 Stephen Markbreiter 及 Tuyet Nguyet 伉儷，〈Arts of Asia〉雙月刊創辦人