KCR Spring 2025 Magazine - Flipbook - Page 18
Olympia Auctions:
Chinese and Japanese Works of Art
The sale of 170 lots comprises of a wide range of Chinese works such as ceramics from the Song to Qing Dynasty, an English private collection of
jade and hardstone carvings, furniture, bronzes and sculptures.
The Japanese section includes works of art, ceramics, including a small private collection of contemporary ceramics by Kondo Yuzo, bronzes and
prints. From Korea, a highlight is a Chaekgeori eight-fold screen with hidden artist seal from the Joseon Dynasty, 19th century, pictured above.
In ink and colour on paper, the trompe l’oeil painting depicts scholars possessions, including stacks of books and antiquities and is estimated at
£14,000-18,000.
The theme of books and scholars’ possessions (chaekgeori) became popular at court with members of the elite class in the 18th century. Such paintings always include stacks of books, ink sticks, brushes, scrolls and antiquities, items that scholars had (or wished to have) around them in their
studies.
Chinese & Japanese Works of Art
C&J May 25
Date: 14th May, 2025 11:00
Catalogue: Online Page Turning Catalogue
Auction Location: London, UK
PUBLIC EXHIBITION:
Sunday 11th May: 12pm to 4pm
Monday 12th May: 10am to 8:30pm
Tuesday 13th May: 10am to 5pm
AUCTION:
Wednesday 14th May 2025, 11am, precisely
Contact Stephen Loakes for further information | stephen.loakes@olympiaauctions.com | + 44 (0) 20 7806 5541
Images: Olympia Auctions
