Collecting Chinese Art

Drum stand with three coiled dragons, Spring and Autumn period (770–476 BCE)

Bronze with green and brown patina, width: 20 ⅞ inches (53 cm)
Provenance: Private Collection, Taipei
Photo: Frédéric Dehaen, Studio Roger Asselberghs

Guardian figure, Northern Wei dynasty (386–534)

Grey earthenware, height: 27 inches (68.6 cm)
Provenance: Morse Collection prior to 1982
Photo: Frédéric Dehaen, Studio Roger Asselberghs

Bell (bo), Spring and Autumn period (770–476 BCE)–early 7th century

Bronze, height: 16 ½ inches (42 cm)
Provenance: Ching Wan Society, Taiwan
Photo: Frédéric Dehaen, Studio Roger Asselberghs

Ewer (duomuhu), late Ming dynasty (1368–1644) to early Qing dynasty (1644–1911)—17th century

Gilt bronze and cloisonné enamel, height: 23 ⅞ inches (60.5 cm), width: 13 ¾ inches (35 cm)
Provenance: Private Collection, Netherlands, purchased in 1928 from E. J. van Wisselingh & Co, Amsterdam
Photo: Frédéric Dehaen, Studio Roger Asselberghs