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PROPERTY FROM THE QUEK KIOK LEE COLLECTION (LOTS 379-405)

郭克禮珍藏（拍品 379-405）

QUEK KIOK LEE – 郭克禮 —
A CONNOISSEUR OF DISTINCTION
學養俱優的鑒賞家

Mr Quek Kiok Lee (1920-2018) 來自新加坡的郭克禮 (1920-2018)，對
was a Chinese Singaporean who 中國藝術早已結下不解之緣。其對自身
had a long-term fascination for 藏品莫不悉心研習，細膩解讀。無論是
Chinese ceramics and works 風格紋飾，斷代依據，甚至是來源品
of art. Throughout his long
collecting career, Mr Quek 相，均收入兩本厚實的收藏記錄當中。
meticulously recorded every 上千條的眉批腳註，字裏行間無不透露
single piece in his collection 出這位藏家是如何看待這批縈心半世的
which included where each 收藏。
item was purchased, writing
a detailed description, and 郭世禮的收藏生涯始於上世紀六十年
noting and supporting his 代，先是偏愛鼻煙壺、進而又再積累
research on the dating. All-in- 更多對商周漢唐銅鏡及瓷玉木石竹雕等
all his decades of enthusiasm 文房清供的濃厚興趣。在好奇心的驅使
led to the compilation of his 下，他尋根究底，鑽研求索，收藏於其
handwritten inventory of the 而言，不僅只是把玩，更是親身感受藝
collection, numbering over a 術與生活的互動。他對女兒如此這般形
thousand pieces, being passed
down in two thick volumes. 容自己——熱衷之情，一股念想，每每
湧上心頭，猶如召開「內閣會議」進行
His own records indicated that 全面「重整」。
he started collecting during the
1960s, firstly with an interest in 收藏除自娛之外，郭克禮更將其穎悟所
snuff bottles and then later in 學付諸實踐，公諸於眾。其曾為東南亞
ceramics, jades, bronze mirrors 陶瓷學會創辦人之一，更於 1994 年被
of the Shang to the Tang 新加坡國立大學校長邀任大學博物館入
dynasties, and scholar’s objects
made of bamboo, and different types of stones. His research was largely driven by his 藏中國藝術館藏的學術顧問，且長達六
curiosity for Chinese art where he could wonder, explore, experience, and play with 年之久，其間與館長等人亦成莫逆之
the objects in his collection. Mr Quek humorously intimated to his daughter that 交，直待其 2000 年屆退休之齡才卸任
on occasions when he felt inclined he would hold a ‘cabinet meeting’ to consider 該職。
how to re-arrange his collection in a ‘cabinet reshuffle’.
郭克禮於 2018 年以 98 歲之高齡辭世，
Undoubtedly, Mr Quek was not collecting purely to amass objects, he also generously 此一收藏可謂融會其畢生精髓，盡顯華
shared his knowledge and experiences to a wider public audience. He was one of 風傲骨。加之一眾藏品多於六十年代後
the founding members of the Southeast Asian Ceramic Society (SEACS), and was 入藏，如此清晰可靠之來源，望能再次
invited by the Chancellor of Singapore University to assume an appointment as the 為此拍賣掀起高潮，更為這批收藏覓得
museum’s acquisitions advisor for Chinese antiquities in 1994. For six years until his
retirement in 2000, he worked alongside his friends Er Lu and curator Lu Yeow. 良主。

Mr Quek’s collection remained his pride and joy until his death in 2018 at the age
of 98. With illustrious and solid provenances, some dating back to the 1960s, it is
believed that this collection will bring much excitement to collectors, and indeed for
the objects to find new appreciative owners.

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