Meiyintang Collection

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Object from the Meiyintang Collection in the Museum Rietberg

The Meiyintang Collection is a collection of Chinese ceramics and related objects. It is considered to be one of the largest private collections of Chinese porcelain that arose in the West during the 20th century. Meiyintang means hall of rose beds .

history

The Meiyintang Collection was built up over more than half a century by Gilbert Zuellig (1918–2009) and Stephen Zuellig (1917–2017). The two brothers were born in Manila and began systematically collecting Chinese art in the late 1950s . Gilbert Zuellig specialized in early pottery , earthenware and ceramics from the Neolithic to the Han , Tang and Song dynasties. Stephen Zuellig collected newer porcelain from the Yuan , Ming and Qing dynasties as well as archaic bronzes. Art expert Edward T. Chow supported them in their collecting activities.

The collection became internationally known in 1994 with the publication of Regina Krahl's catalog . Exhibitions with objects from the collection were subsequently held in the British Museum in London (1994), the Sporting d'Hiver in Monte Carlo (1996), the Asia Society (1995) and the China Institute (2001) in New York, in the Musée Cernuschi in Paris (1999) and at the Musée du Président Jacques Chirac in Sarran, Corrèze (2009).

In 2011 and 2012, part of the collection with objects from the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties was auctioned in Hong Kong . Gilbert Zuellig's part of the collection with over 1,600 objects, however, was transferred to the Meiyintang Foundation in 2003 . The collection of the Meiyintang Foundation was given to the Museum Rietberg in Zurich on permanent loan and has been accessible to the public there since January 11, 2013.

gallery

  • Zhou Lid Pot Museum Rietberg.jpg
  • Han clay model of a watchtower Museum Rietberg.jpg
  • Han clay model drawing well Museum Rietberg.jpg

literature

  • Philipp Meier. Bedded on roses: a world-class collection of Chinese ceramics on permanent loan to the Rietberg Museum. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, January 11, 2013, p. 19. ( online version )
  • Rietberg Museum. Meiyintang in the Rietberg Museum: World-famous Chinese ceramics. (PDF; 29 kB)
  • Sotheby's. The Meiyintang Collection. Part I / Part II / Part III / Part IV . Hong Kong 2011–2012.
  • Catherine Cossy. The mystère brisé de la Meiyintang collection. Le Temps, April 2, 2011.
  • Wang Tao. Chinese Bronzes from the Meiyintang Collection. London 2009.
  • Regina Krahl. Trésors de la collection Meiyintang: Céramique chinoise ancienne. Sarran, Musée du Président Jacques Chirac, 2009 (exhibition catalog).
  • Regina Krahl, Willow Hai Chang, China Institute Gallery. Dawn of the Yellow Earth - Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection. New York 2000 (exhibition catalog).
  • Regina Krahl. L'âge d'or de la céramique chinoise, VIe - XIVe siècles: Collection Meiyintang. Musée Cernuschi, Paris 1999 (exhibition catalog).
  • Evolution vers la perfection: Céramiques de Chine de la Collection Meiyintang. Sporting d'Hiver, Monte Carlo 1996 (exhibition catalog).
  • Regina Krahl. Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collections. 3 volumes. London 1994-2006.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Meiyintang marvels: The finest private collection of Chinese porcelain in the West is about to be sold . The Economist, March 17, 2011, pp. 92f.
  2. ↑ Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, Volume 73 (2008-2009), p. XI.
  3. ↑ Regina Krahl. Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collections. 3 volumes. London 1994-2006.
  4. ↑ Adam Majendie. Sotheby's to Sell $ 121 Million of Meiyintang's Chinese Ceramics. February 10, 2011.