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Christie's Swire Fine Chinese Ceramics. Hong-Kong Tuesday, 20 March 1990.
Hong Kong, Christie's Swire, 1990.
€ 35.00
Softcover, 251pp., 21x27cm., richly illustr. in col., in very good condition.
This auction catalogue documents the Tuesday, 20 March 1990 sale of Fine Chinese Ceramics held by Christie's Swire in Hong Kong. Featuring 842 lots, the catalogue is richly illustrated in full-colour photographs and provides detailed descriptions of important Chinese ceramic works from major dynasties including Ming and Qing. It serves as a reference for collectors and scholars of Chinese porcelain and decorative arts, highlighting provenance, condition reports and comparative literature where available. The catalogue is organised in lot number sequence and includes full?colour plates, detailed bibliographic entries for each piece, estimated values and auction results (where available). It spans major categories of Chinese ceramics including blue-and-white porcelain, doucai, famille-rose, monochrome glazes, and archaic wares. The introductory section offers background to the sale venue, the consignment policy of Christie's Swire, and market commentary relevant to 1990. Collectors and researchers will find the documentation of provenance, kiln marks, condition and comparative sources particularly valuable. Christie's Swire (Hong Kong) Ltd is the Asian branch of the global Christie's auction house, established to handle luxury art and decorative arts sales in the Asia-Pacific region. The Swire partnership facilitated major sales in Hong Kong from the 1980s onward, offering important volumes of Chinese ceramics, jades and other Asian art categories. Their catalogues are widely cited by scholars and collectors in the field of Chinese decorative arts.







