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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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