Friday, April 11, 2025
[In-person] Miller Theater, Asia Society Hong Kong Center
6:30 pm Registration
6:45 pm Opening Remarks
6:50 pm Talk
7:30 pm Q&A
7:40 pm Closing Remarks
7:45 pm End
ASHK Member Ticket: HKD 60
Non-Member Ticket: HKD 80
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Sir Percival David (1892-1964) created what many consider to be the finest collection of Chinese ceramics in the world. Housed in its own museum at the University of London for 55 years, the collection was a beacon for lovers of ceramics and Chinese art from all over the world. Such a famous collection of exceptional quality and provenance was a curator's dream. The collector's biography as recounted by his widow also painted a picture of a man with an exceptional eye who was also possessed of deep knowledge about China and its culture. It was a perfect combination of admirable collector and exceptional collection. A gentle probe into this life history in the course of research for a doctoral dissertation 25 years ago, however, led to a recently completed, sometimes arduous research journey that has resulted in a picture of a completely different man. In this talk we will meet the real Percival David who was born in Bombay into the Sassoon family, ran a global business empire, supported Jewish causes and refugee scholars, was trapped in Shanghai during WWII, suffered from a motor neurone disease and somehow devoted his spare time and energy to collecting, researching and promoting Chinese art.
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9 Justice Drive, Admiralty, HONG KONG
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Hong Kong SAR (China)
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