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Property from the Collection of Dr. Hiroshi Horiuchi 重要中४藝術暨高曼珍藏
Property from the Collection of Dr. Hiroshi Horiuchi ⱷ914
A RARE CARVED DING 'DUCKS'
BOWL
ਓՇ洋志醫生珍藏中४藝術 NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (AD 960-1127)
6¿ in. (15.6 cm.) diam., cloth box
$8,000-12,000
(Lots 913–927)
PROVENANCE:
Sotheby’s London, 13 November 2002, lot 83.
EXHIBITED:
methods. Descended from a long line of physicians, Dr. Horiuchi’s On loan: Tokyo National Museum, September
grandfather was a surgeon who maintained close relationships with 2022-June 2023.
doctors and politicians from foreign countries such as the U.S. and
China, serving as a local guide and friend to the family of Michael
ਓՇ洋志醫生珍藏
Joseph Mansfield, mentor to U.S. President Joe Biden and former ٫宋 定⒋ח雙鳧戲塘圖盌
Majority Leader of the United States Senate, during his tenure as
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American ambassador to Japan. Dr. Horiuchi began work as a hospital і敦蘇富比，2002年11月13日，拍品編號83
CEO while still in his thirties. He is currently in charge of Japan’s
展覽
Advanced Medical Council, an organization he founded to further ы展：東̺४⒤博ḵ館，2022年9月 2023年6月
promote the integration of scientific inquiry and medical treatment that
provides support to cutting-edge medical researchers and their patients.
Property from the Collection of Dr. Hiroshi Horiuchi
Dr. Horiuchi’s family has collected artwork for generations. Dr.
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Horiuchi has long enjoyed reading through auction house publications,
a pastime that started with Christie’s catalogues in his teen years. From AN UNUSUAL LARGE CARVED
his late twenties onward, he began to pursue the acquisition of Chinese DING 'LOTUS' BOWL
works of art in earnest—exactly when the Chinese art market began NORTHERN SONG-JIN DYNASTY (AD 960-1234)
to experience a surge of renewed interest. However, even when the 10 in. (25.4 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
competition was fierce, he frequented Tokyo’s most esteemed antiques
dealers and used his own acquired knowledge to painstakingly select $5,000-7,000
Dr. Horiuchi at Christie’s, Tokyo. 914
ਓՇ醫生訪問ωૈ得東̺㏇Ռ室 works for acquisition. Coincidentally, his alma mater, his place of PROVENANCE:
employment, and own residence are all close to the Tokyo Art Club, and Sen Shu Tey, Tokyo.
as a result, he has served as a physician and medical consultant for over
EXHIBITED:
r. Hiroshi Horiuchi earned his doctorate from Jikei University’s thirty auction and art industry professionals, supporting their health
Tokyo, Sen Shu Tey, The Collection of Chinese Art
School of Medicine, Japan’s oldest private medical university, as much as they have supported him in his connoisseurship. To honor II - Special Exhibition 'Strolled for last ten years',
Dwhere he pursued gastroenterology with a specialization in this partnership, a portion of the proceeds from this sale of high-quality 2016.
gastrointestinal endoscopy. He holds an additional Master of Medical works will be donated to fund gastrointestinal cancer research.
Administration from the Tokyo Medical and Dental University’s School LITERATURE:
of Medical Administration. During his storied career, his focus has Archaic jades from the collection of Dr. Horiuchi will be offered in the Sen Shu Tey, The Collection of Chinese Art II -
been on the integration of AI into endoscopic medicine and treatment present sale lots 1129-1131. Special Exhibition 'Strolled for last ten years',
Tokyo, 2016.
ਓՇ洋志醫生珍藏
Property from the Collection of Dr. Hiroshi Horiuchi ٫宋 金 定⒋ח蓮紋盌
ⱷ913 Ϝ源
千秋庭，東̺
A LONGQUAN CELADON 'TWIN FISH' DISH 展覽
SOUTHERN SONG-YUAN DYNASTY (1127-1368) 東̺，千秋庭，Ǚ中४美術蒐集II：創⒤20周年紀念
5 in. (12.5 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box 展覽會ǚ，2016年
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$6,000-8,000
千秋庭，Ǘ中४美術蒐集II：創⒤20周年紀念展覽
PROVENANCE: 會ǘ，東̺，2016
Shogado, Tokyo.
EXHIBITED:
On loan: Fukuoka, Kyushu National Museum, August 2019-June 2023.

ਓՇ洋志醫生珍藏
南宋 元 龍泉⒋青釉雙魚紋盤
Ϝ源
尚雅ਕ，東̺
展覽
ы展：福岡，̏州४⒤博ḵ館，2019年8月 2023年6月

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