Meiyintang Collection Chinese Ceramics

The meiyintang collection is one of the most comprehensive collections of ancient chinese ceramics in the world.
Meiyintang collection chinese ceramics. Known as the meiyintang collection it consists of nearly 2 000 pieces of porcelain and is currently under the control of. Chinese ceramics from the meiyintang collection hardcover box set may 1 1994 by regina krahl author see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Surprisingly the largest private collection of chinese porcelain is not in china but in europe. Join nicolas chow international head of chinese ceramics and works of art and regina krahl sotheby s international research consultant and the curator of t.
For meiyintang is regarded as the greatest collection of chinese treasures still in private hands in the west a name ranked alongside alfred clark and sir percival david passionate scholars. John alexander pope illustrates several. The meiyintang collection is a large privately owned collection of chinese porcelain consisting of about 2 000 pieces. Some years later regina krahl illustrated the dish in her excellent book chinese ceramics from the meiyintang collection vol.
This selection of 63 works gives us an overview of the current state of recent archaeological excavations and the new vision of ancient china that they have generated. Volume three of the collection catalogue consisting of two books in a slip case discusses and illustrates nearly 600 chinese ceramics from the neolithic period to the yuan 1279 1368 many of which are today on display in the rietberg museum zurich. The meiyintang was widely hailed as one of the last great collections of chinese porcelain by european owners. The collection is currently controlled by stephen zuellig a swiss businessman and the heirs of his late brother gilbert zuellig.
Chinese porcelain has been a valued object throughout history and was a major export item of china in the past. The brothers owned the meiyintang collection for over half of a century. Yeo and jean martin in chinese blue and white ceramics p. The seven sale series of fine chinese ceramics and works of art in hong kong on 8 april 2014 achieved a combined total of hk 934 9 million us 119 9 million with the meiyintang chicken cup selling for hk 281 24 million us 36 05 million setting a world auction record for any chinese porcelain.
The meiyintang collection was made up of 2 000 chinese ceramics from the neolithic to the late imperial periods and was one of the best european collections of chinese imperial porcelain.