Arts d'Orient et d'Extrême-Orient
A set of 14 scholarly objects, China, 19th-20th century, comprising: 6 inksticks, 2 scroll weights, 1 jade bitong, 2 jade seal paste boxes, 2 jade scroll ends, 1 quartz brush holder, various sizes, 14 cm high max
Provenance: Li Ai Vee collection (1932-2021), chalet Yu-Lan
十四件十九世紀到二十世紀文人用具
來自李愛維收藏 (1932-2021), 玉蘭木屋
Description
A set of 14 scholarly objects, China, 19th-20th century, comprising: 6 inksticks, 2 scroll weights, 1 jade bitong, 2 jade seal paste boxes, 2 jade scroll ends, 1 quartz brush holder, various sizes, 14 cm high max
Provenance: Li Ai Vee collection (1932-2021), chalet Yu-Lan
十四件十九世紀到二十世紀文人用具
來自李愛維收藏 (1932-2021), 玉蘭木屋
Condition report
Overall wear to the surfaces
Inksticks:
3 of the 6 inksticks were used
Cracks and hairlines
A few chips
Some surface scratches
Some nicks
Some grazes
1 inkstick restored (the bell-shaped one)
Lacks to the gilding and the polychromy
Fragment of a label on one of the inksticks (the one with inscriptions on one side and three figures and a horse on the other)
Jade boxes:
Surface scratches
A few small chips
Scroll ends:
Chips
A few surface scratches
Some nicks
A few stains
Some scratches
Scroll weights:
Some surface scratches
Some scratches
A few nicks
A few chips
Brush rest:
A few surface scratches
A few chips
Bitong:
Some splits and cracks
Reddish tint on one side
A few surface scratches
Collection of Li Ai Vee
Piguet auction house is honoured to present the second part of the collection of Li Ai Vee ( 李 爱维 , born Eva Anita Li, 1932-2021), a Chinese-German painter living in Switzerland and a fervent collector of Asian art, mainly Chinese and Japanese.
Born in Shanghai, Li Ai Vee was introduced to painting as a child by her mother, herself an artist, and went on to become a pupil of prestigious painters such as Lin Fengmian (1900-1991) and Lu Yifei (1908-1997) in the 1950s. She then spent several years in Japan, where she was a disciple of the Zen master Rinzai Yamada Mumon Rôshi (1900-1988). There, in 1954, she was selected to paint several bamboos on the sliding doors of the Hiroshima Memorial.
In 1958, Li Ai Vee left China and settled in Zurich, Switzerland. In 1965, she met Zhang Daqian (Chang Dai-Chien, 1899-1983), and became a pupil of this internationally renowned painter. That same year, she was awarded the Medal of the City of Paris in recognition of her art.
In 1973, Li Ai Vee moved to Blonay to the chalet ‘Yu-Lan’ ( 玉蘭 , ‘Magnolia’), surrounded by a vast bamboo forest and guarded by carved Foo lions. It was there that she painted, surrounded by her extensive collection of Asian art, which she has enriched over the years. Li Ai Vee has put together a rich and varied collection of objects, combining monochrome vases, paintings and albums, scholarly objects, carved jades and divinities from the Asian pantheon, all of which she has combined with her passion for art.
The entire collection can be found by entering the keyword ‘Li Ai Vee’ in the search bar on our website.
The third and fourth parts of Li Ai Vee's collection will be presented in our future sales in March 2025 and June 2025.