A set of 13 porcelain saucers, 7 with the exterior in ruby glaze, 6 with the interior in blue glaze, China, Qing dynasty, the 7 with ruby glaze with a "Jiangxi shengsheng chun chupin" mark under the base, 6 with the blue interior with a Qianlong mark under the base and 1 with Guangxu mark under the base, 14.5 cm diameter and 10.5 cm diameter

Provenance: Li Ai Vee collection (1932-2021), chalet Yu-Lan

十三只小盤 (七跟寶石紅色，六跟藍色) 七只跟江西 生生春 出品款，五只跟乾隆款，一只跟光緒款 直徑14.5厘米和直徑10.5厘米

來自李愛維收藏 (1932-2021), 玉蘭木屋

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.