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Thoughts Across The Waters:


                 Asian Art From The David Drabkin Collection




                                        遙思寄遠:龍大衛珍藏亞洲藝術                                                                           THOUGHTS ACROSS THE WATERS: ASIAN ART FROM THE DAVID
                                                                                                                                 DRABKIN COLLECTION
                                                                                                                                 ~872
                                                                                                                                 A MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID BLACK LACQUER
                                                                  Before collecting art in earnest, and now some sixty plus      RECTANGULAR TRAY
                                                                  years ago, David Drabkin, then a young Pomona College          MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
                                                                  student, spent his 1961 junior year abroad in India, with stops
                                                                  in Hong Kong and Japan. This first taste of Asia would be a    The tray is inlaid with mother-of-pearl on the interior with a scene
                                                                  major turning point in his life and presaged a lifelong interest   of court officials, attendants, and animals amidst a lush courtyard
                                                                  in Asia. David Drabkin’s familiarity with Chinese, Japanese    of pavilions and foliage, framed by a border of shaped panels
                                                                  and Southeast Asian cultures expresses itself in the many      enclosing floral medallion scrolls. The exterior sides of the tray
                                                                  pieces which he acquired and lived with for many years,        are also inlaid with borders comprising floral branches and paired
                                                                  always creating an aesthetically pleasing home. With a love    birds.
                                                                  of training his “eye”, he cultivated friendships with fellow art   15Ω (39.4 cm.) long, fitted cloth box
                                                                  aficionados, many of them noted experts in their respective
                                                                  fields. And, always, he remained appreciative of his alma      $10,000-15,000
                                                                  mater, Yale, whose art museum housed many of his Japanese
                                                                  and Chinese pieces on loan. Christie’s New York is honored to   PROVENANCE:
                                                                  present a selection of Chinese works of art from the Drabkin   J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 461 VELL.
                                                                  collection (lots 871, 872, 874, 934 and 1035), and a dedicated   David Drabkin Collection.
                                                                  online sale Thoughts Across The Waters: Asian Art From The
                                                                  David Drabkin Collection from 14-28 September. For more        EXHIBITED:
                                                                  information, visit www.christies.com/drabkin.                    Hong Kong Museum of Art, no. 20/55 IC 11 (according to label).
                                                                                                                                 New York, Brooklyn Museum, Lacquer: A Panorama of Asian
                                                                                                                                 Decorative Arts, 16 December 1988-14 June 1989, TL 1988.222.1.

                                                                                                                                 LITERATURE:
                                                                                                                                 U. Ramamrutham, “Exhibition Highlights: Lacquer: A Panorama of
                                                                                                                                 Asian Decorative Arts”, Orientations, vol. 20, April 1989, p. 75, fig. 3.
                                                                                                                                 A. G. Poster, Lacquer: A Panorama of Asian Decorative Arts, New
                                                                                                                                 York, 16 December 1988-14 June 1989.
                                                              THOUGHTS ACROSS THE WATERS: ASIAN ART FROM THE DAVID DRABKIN
                                                              COLLECTION                                                         遙思寄遠:龍大衛珍藏亞洲藝術
                                                              871
                                                              A CARVED THREE-TIERED RED TIXI LACQUER CIRCULAR BOX                明 黑漆嵌螺鈿樓閣人物圖長方盤
                                                              AND COVER                                                          來源:
                                                              MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY                                         藍理捷, 紐約, 編號461 VELL
                                                              The circular box has three compartments and is deeply carved on the exterior   龍大衛珍藏
                                                              through layers of red and black lacquer with alternating bands of ruyi scrolls,   展覽:
                                                              those on the cover encircling a central flowerhead. The base and interior are   香港藝術館, 編號20/55 IC 11 (據標籤)
                                                              lacquered black and the interior of the lid is lightly inscribed with the signature   紐約, 布魯克林博物館, 「 Lacquer: A Panorama of Asian
                                                              Yang Cheng zao (made by Yang Cheng).                               Decorative Arts」, 12月16日1988年-6月14日1989年, 編號TL
                                                              6¿ in. (15.5 cm.) high                                             1988.222.1
                                                                                                                                 出版:
                                                              $8,000-12,000                                                      U. Ramamrutham, 〈Exhibition Highlights: Lacquer: A
                                                                                                                                 Panorama of Asian Decorative Arts〉, 《Orientations》, 卷20,
                                                              PROVENANCE:                                                        1989年, 頁75, 圖3
                                                              David Drabkin Collection.
                                                                                                                                 A. G. Poster, 《Lacquer: A Panorama of Asian Decorative
                                                              EXHIBITED:                                                         Arts》, 紐約, 12月16日1988年-1989年6月14日
                                                              On loan: New York, Brooklyn Museum, Chinese Gallery, 1996-2008.

                                                              遙思寄遠:龍大衛珍藏亞洲藝術
                                                              明   十六世紀   剔犀如意雲紋三撞圓蓋盒
                                                              來源:
                                                              龍大衛珍藏
                                                              展覽:
                                                              借展: 紐約, 布魯克林博物館, 中國畫廊, 1996-2008年


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