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The Songde Tang collection was formed from the 1960s to 1990s by a passionate connoisseur of
Chinese art, Lai Tak.
Born in the 1920s in China, Mr. Lai later moved to Hong Kong where he set up an antique business
in the 1950s. In the following decades he travelled tirelessly to acquire fine objects for his clients as
well as his personal collection. Mr. Lai’s taste for classical art and his personal aesthetic were very
much influenced by his international experience, particularly in England and Japan.
The friendships he developed with fellow dealers and collectors during his 60 year career provided
him with the most satisfaction and gratification. He was honoured to have been able to make
contributions to museum collections in Mainland China and Hong Kong. Mr. Lai is remembered by
friends and family by his motto ‘antiques are the essence and the nourishment of my life’.
This marks the second of a series of sales from the Songde Tang collection to be sold at Christie’s
Hong Kong, ‘The Songde Tang Collection of Chinese Modern Paintings’, was sold on 28 May 2010.
頌德堂主人黎德先生,生於上世紀二十年代,祖籍廣東,一九五零年初從國內移居香港並在荷里活道
開設小店從事中國古玩藝術品買賣。在為口奔馳的日子裏漸漸培養出對中國文物的興趣,後因緣際
會,開始走出香港,踏進國際古玩的舞台。其收藏品味,深受歐,美,日藏家及博物館所影響。
頌德堂收藏,始於六十年代,其涉獵範圍甚廣,但以中國瓷器,書畫,及藝術品為主。他在世時常說,
“一生最大的得著,就是能把個人興趣融入終生職業。並能認識一眾文博界的新知舊友,分享收藏心
得。”他還說“古董就是我的維生素,有令人延年益壽,去憂解煩之效。”
佳士得十分榮幸繼二零一零年,“藝海遺珍”頌德堂藏中國近現代畫之後,再一次呈獻這位一生與中
國文玩,書畫結緣前輩的珍藏。
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