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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF
SALLY S. AND DECATUR H. MILLER III

Bonhams is pleased to offer objects from the collection of institutions. She served as trustee of the Baltimore Museum
Sally and Decatur H. Miller III, highly regarded Baltimore of Art, as well as member of the Walters Art Museum and
collectors and philanthropists of the arts. Decatur was born the Maryland-based Art Seminar Group. In addition to
into a prominent Baltimore family. He took great pride in the cultural foundations, Sally also dedicated her time to civic
family’s longstanding civic ties as a champion of community organizations, serving on the boards of Union Memorial
and artistic causes. In addition to being a trustee at the Hospital and Planned Parenthood of Maryland.
Walters Art Museum, Decatur also held leadership posts with
the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the Enoch Pratt Free As collectors, the Millers gravitated towards early Chinese
Library. In his professional life, Decatur was a chairman and art, and their home on North Charles Street elegantly
managing partner of the Baltimore law firm Piper & Marbury, displayed classical sculptural pieces from China’s Shang,
now the global law firm DLA Piper. Zhou and Tang dynasties with contemporary paintings and
photography. The following ten works of art from the Miller
Sally was an equally enthusiastic supporter of the arts collection evince their careful connoisseurship and keen
and cultural causes in Baltimore. A student of art history, eye toward excellence while celebrating the rich heritage of
she devoted much of her intellectual curiosity to the local Chinese art.

莎莉和德凱∙米勒伉儷的中國藝術收藏

米勒伉儷是美國東部巴爾的摩地區著名的收藏家和慈善家， 組織。生前她曾擔任優寧紀念醫院和馬利蘭計畫生育聯合會
生前兩人同為當地眾多文化藝術機構的重要贊助人和董事會 的董事會成員。
成員，其中包括巴爾的摩美術館、華特美術館、巴爾蒂摩交
響樂團和伊諾克∙普拉特圖書館等。 德凱和莎莉都是藝術的愛好者和收藏家，他們尤其鍾愛中國
早期的藝術品。走進他們在巴爾的摩的寓所，能看到室內擺
德凱所來自的米勒家族一直致力於協助巴爾的摩居民和促進 設著他們的精美藏品，其中包括商周時期的青銅器、北齊的
當地社區經濟文化發展，德凱對此感到頗為自豪。德凱生前 佛像和唐代的銀器等。本次邦瀚斯非常榮幸能向大家展示米
為ＤＬＡ派博國際法律諮詢公司的主席和合夥人。莎莉在大 勒伉儷收藏中的十件精品。這部分作品充分展示了米勒伉儷
學期間主修藝術史，畢業之後決定將自己的所學致用於發展 對中國藝術的熱愛和欣賞。
當地的藝術文化事業。另外，莎莉也十分支持當地其它民間

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