ASIAN ART

Tsai's Jade Collection from Taiwan

Grace Tu

1 November 2024

We are delighted to present a number of jade animal carvings from the collection of Mr. Sheng-Hsiung Tsai (蔡勝雄) in our forthcoming Fine Asian Works of Art auction held in November 2024 (lots 119 - 123).

Mr. Sheng-Hsiung Tsai is the founder and honorary chairman of The Association of Jade Collections (玉翫雅集) in Taiwan. He loves the research and collection of ancient cultural relics, focusing on ancient Chinese jades, goldware and wooden statues. He endeavours to promote jade culture, for example giving lectures on Gold and Jade Jewelry of Nobles from the 14th to 17th Centuries at The Tainan Lawyer’s Association and Hualien County Cultural Affairs Bureau Library in 2011 and 2012.

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The Association of Jade Collections is Taiwan’s first professional jade research society registered with the Ministry of the Interior. It is composed of a group of elites from various professions who have great interest in jade and jade culture, and is committed to the preservation, promotion and inheritance of jade culture. This adheres to the central concept of moving closer to academics, allowing the majority of jade enthusiasts to improve their appreciation of jade through communication and research. The Association regularly holds academic lectures.

In 2017, it held the first large-scale Exhibition of Jade Artifacts from the Tang, Song, Liao, Jin, and Yuan Dynasties at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei. The honorary chairman Mr. Sheng-Hsiung Tsai coordinated the publication of the exhibition catalogue Jade Artifacts from the Tang, Song, Liao, Jin, and Yuan Dynasties.

The jade collections from The Association’s members were displayed at the Exhibition of Jade Artifacts from the Ming Dynasty at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei to share the results of members’ collections and win unanimous praise from jade friends in Taiwan and abroad.

Highlights from the Collection

£2,000 - £3,000 + fees

CHINESE CELADON JADE CARVING OF A SEATED TIGER

MING DYNASTY

£3,000 - £5,000 + fees

CHINESE WHITE JADE CARVING WITH RUSSET INCLUSIONS OF A MOTHER LION AND CUB

MING DYNASTY

£3,000 - £5,000 + fees

CHINESE WHITE JADE CARVING OF A RECUMBENT LION

MING DYNASTY

£3,000 - £5,000 + fees

CHINESE WHITE JADE CARVING OF A HORSE AND MONKEY

MING DYNASTY

£5,000 - £7,000 + fees

CHINESE CELADON JADE CARVING OF A SEATED TIGER

SONG TO YUAN DYNASTY

蔡勝雄先生為台灣玉翫雅集玉協會創會及名譽理事長，喜愛古文物研究與收藏，專注於中國古玉器、金器與木雕神像，對於玉文化的推動不遺餘力，如 2011至2012年皆在台南律師公會及花蓮縣文化局圖書館主講「十四世紀至十七世紀貴族的金玉首飾」。玉翫雅集玉協會是台灣第一個於內政部登記成立的專業研究玉器社團，由一群對玉器和玉文化有著莫
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