Hong Kong collectors, holding up the half-day collection of Ming-style furniture...

When the first foreigner Ike

Started to study Chinese Ming style furniture

And published in 1944

When "Chinese Rosewood Furniture Test",

Wang Shizhen was very unconvinced. He thought:

"How can Chinese furniture be written by foreigners?"

So he decided to write a

A more complete Chinese ancient furniture book.


Ike

And he wrote "Chinese Rosewood Furniture Test"



Wang Shichen (right one) in 1985

Ming-style furniture appreciation lectures


After Ike writes Ming-style furniture works,

A large number of Westerners began to pay attention to and collect Ming-style furniture.

For example, the United States Ansiyuan

And Philip and others from Belgium.

Philip was from 1989

Began to collect yellow pear furniture

Most furniture sources come from

Hong Kong's most famous queen Huang Huali Wu Jiaen.


Philip de Bago


Westerners at the time were the main buyers of Ming-style furniture.

A lot of furniture is shipped overseas with containers.

Hong Kong has become an important transit and distribution center.

In 1987, he founded Wu Jiaen of Jia Mu Tang.

It is the most important businessman in Huanghuali furniture.


Wu Jiaen


From the teenage period she had a keen interest in Chinese furniture,

Become an avid furniture fan soon.

She has high standards for doing business.

People are generally willing to communicate with people who are knowledgeable.

So the customer she touched

Most of them are senior collectors.



In the circle, furniture researchers,

Furniture dealers and furniture collectors

Formed a large group of exchanges,

Wu Jiaen is the center of this group.

Philip’s collection name “Ming Mingju” is

He entrusted Wu Jiaen to let Wang Shixuan help.


Wu Jiaen and Wang Shizhen


Because Hong Kong is close to the mainland where furniture is supplied,

Wu Jiaen than European and American antique dealers

More information and sources,

In 1998, she opened London’s “Jiamutang” in London.

From 1987 to 1998,

She held a total of 28 furniture exhibitions in the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, it also planned several exhibitions for collectors in Europe and America.

These exhibitions make Ming-style furniture in people's minds

Changing from a tool to an artwork has played an important role.



Philip's furniture exhibition in China was planned by Wu Jiaen


In addition to supplying supplies to Europe and the United States,

The collectors in Hong Kong are also looking for her to buy furniture.

One of the members of the "minimity search room"

The best dermatologist in Hong Kong

Ye Chengyao is her important customer.


Ye Chengyao


It is a collector in Hong Kong.

Everyone also knows that important collectors

All had immigrated after 1949

Bankers or consortia in Hong Kong,

Compared with these people,

The financial power of a doctor is far from perfect.

At first, he just focused on the collection

Relatively cheap calligraphy and painting.


Ye Chengyao


In 1985, Ye Chengyao saw in Hong Kong

Wang Shizhen’s book entitled “Rewards of Ming-style Furniture”

I immediately became interested in such collections.

From scratch, most of his collection comes from

Wu Jiaen's Ming style furniture shop Jia Mu Tang.


Wu Jia En and Ye Chengyao


Any collection must arrive at a good time,

Ye Chengyao once said that he was buying furniture

Just caught up with the golden period of the Ming-style furniture collection.

Throughout the 80s and 90s,

Hong Kong Buyers Collected Around the World

True products seek profits.

There are a variety of Ming-style furniture on the market.

The price is reasonable,

He is when furniture does not flow to the world.

One step ahead of the purchase of good goods,

It can be concluded that it was time for goods to find someone.



Ye Chengyao’s other collection method is

Travel around the world,

He worked in New Mexico, USA

Purchased a carved rosewood table.

The original owner had lived in China in the 1930s.

After his death, the family brought out a few pieces of furniture that he brought back.

In the local auction, the price is not high,

This table was originally a pair,

The other is now in the Forbidden City.


The late Ming Huanghuali Xiaoxiao table


Currently, Ye Chengyao has more than 160 Ming-style furniture and

A group of furniture from the Qing Dynasty,

Most of them are yellow rosewood, rosewood and ebony.

In October 2012, Sotheby's launched in autumn

“Jiamutang presented Gongshan Yuhuangshan Pear Selection” furniture exhibition,

The furniture is only for display and is not for sale.


Wu Jia En and Ye Chengyao at the exhibition


Today, Ye Chengyao

You also need to buy a collection at the auction.

He once patted a long table in a palace in New York.

There was no auction before

One is about 200,000.

It is normal for a few months to rise by tens of thousands.

Enter the auction,

You can't predict any results at all.

It may be possible to photograph millions or even ten million at a time.

But you like this thing and have to buy it.

The home is always missing such a fabulous collection.



Ye Chengyao's Collection


There is another doctor in Hong Kong that is worth introducing.

He entered the collection circle from 1991.

In twenty-five years he had barely been interviewed.

Collections are also rarely exposed.

So few people know him.

His name is Liu Zhubai.

Hong Kong renowned cardiologist.


Liu Zhubai


The reason why it is exposed today is

Because in September 2017, his house furniture

The exhibition opened at the University of Hong Kong Museum of Fine Arts.

There are 70 pieces of Ming furniture.

It's all his little bit of treasure for years.

This may be the best chair I have ever wanted to buy.


Huanghua pear six-foot folding couch at the end of Ming and early Qing


His collection causes,

A heart attack patient from him,

The patient son is an antique expert.

After the chat, he was invited to visit the antique shop.

After entering, it was attracted to the shop's yellow pear furniture.


"Wanruju Tibetan-style Pear Furniture Exhibition" exhibition site


As a doctor, Liu Zhubai can always put

The experience of practicing medicine is used in furniture appreciation.

He said doctors are looking for information on patients.

And collecting furniture is as effective as this method.

First we must understand its origin, compare the literature,

Then carefully check whether the furniture has been modified,

By opening the hoe or paint,

You can predict the year of furniture, etc.

This is similar to practicing medicine.


"Wanruju Tibetan-style Huanghuali Furniture Exhibition" exhibition site


His first collection bought a small pear box.

It was more than a decade since he had a small piece of furniture of different sizes.

In his second decade,

Just started turning to large furniture,

Including beds, cabinets, tables, etc.

This is his collection,

When you didn’t understand Ming-style furniture at first,

Grab a little bit from the small pieces,

To be able to bear on this basis

The risk of buying large furniture.



Small Furniture Collections in "Zhongru Tibetan-style Huanghuali Furniture Exhibition"


The golden period of Ming-style furniture is over.

Hong Kong is an important trading center.

It is a place where Chinese Ming and Qing furniture can't go round.

There is a trading office for collections of Western collectors.

It is also a source of supply for Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland buyers.

Nowadays, collectors also participate in auctions.

Hong Kong autumn photography in October will be a hot scene again.


The late Ming Dynasty to the early Qing Huang Pear small box


Liu Zhubai’s collection method,

It is also worth learning from, hiding from small parts,

The price is also cheaper than large pieces of Ming furniture.

For example, October 5 Sotheby's Hong Kong

The Ming and Qing furniture are lightweight and compact.

The prices of more than 20 items are very reasonable.

It is also a good opportunity for some beginners to get started.


The late Qing Dynasty to the early Qing Huang Pear pencil case

The Huanghua Pear Screen from the Late Ming Dynasty to the Early Qing Dynasty


From the end of Ming Dynasty to the beginning of Qing Dynasty


Huanghua pear square corner cabinet from the end of Ming Dynasty to early Qing Dynasty


At the end of the Ming Dynasty to the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Huanghuali had a half-finish clubfoot.


Rosewood small square

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