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AN ENGLISH PRIVATE COLLECTION
英國私人收藏

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Collecting Chinese porcelain in 1950s and ‘60s Britain was a
relatively inexpensive hobby, fuelled by a ready supply of fresh
material coming to market as redundant post-war country
house contents were auctioned, and second-generation
Chinese collections were dispersed by top London dealers
like Bluett’s, Sparks and Spink’s. The London auction houses
developed greater expertise in presenting fine Chinese art in
specialised auctions, but it was sold to an essentially European
and American market; there was no visible challenge whatever
from Chinese buyers, and only the very occasional incursion by
a Japanese institutional or trade buyer to threaten the English
trade hegemony in the London rooms. Outside London, there
were constant buying opportunities.