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About the Tsui Art Foundation
The Tsui Art Foundation collection
is one of the best known private collections of Chinese art
in the world. Begun in the 1970s by the Hong Kong businessman
Dr T T Tsui, the collection's greatest strength is its ceramics
which range from painted pottery of the Neolithic period to
imperial porcelain of the Qing dynasty. It contains a number
of unique masterpieces such as a Ming dynasty dish with underglaze
blue decoration of palace-bird and lychee. The Tsui collection
also includes bronze, bamboo, wood, ivory and jade carvings,
enamelled ware, glass and furniture.
The Tsui Art Foundation was established to fulfil Dr Tsui's
wish to encourage international interest in Chinese culture.
Through the Foundation, donations have been made to the Victoria
and Albert Museum in England, The Art Insitute of Chicago
in USA, the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada, the National Gallery
of Australia and the Shanghai Museum in China, and to a number
of significant museums, to provide spaces for the display
of their collections of Chinese art.
Since September 1999, a large part of the Tsui Art Foundation
collection has been on loan to the University Museum and Art
Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, a selection of which
has been on display. Now, these loans are returned to the
Foundation.
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Officials with sancai
glaze
Pottery
Tang dynasty (618-907)
Height : 101 cm
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