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Theodore Bruce is delighted to present the second auction of the Dr John Yu AC Collection – with Chinese Porcelain including Blue & White Export Ware, Famille Rose & Celadon Ware, antique Printing Blocks & Brushes, Indonesian textiles and African carved figurines and objects.

Dr John Yu AC is a retired paediatrician and a respected expert on Chinese and Southeast Asian decorative arts. He was Chair of the Australia-China Council from 2001 to 2006, the Founding Chair of VisAsia, and since 2006, a Life Governor of the Art Gallery of NSW. He is also an Honorary Associate in Textiles and Ceramics and a Life Fellow of the Powerhouse Museum.

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At left: A Chinese Exportware, Islamic Market Blue & White Dish Depicting Carnation Motifs, c.1750

A Large Chinese Longquan Celadon Charger Depicting Central Incised Lotus Motifs & Ribbed Detail to Inner Cavetto, Early Ming

A Chinese Famille Verte Baluster Vase & Cover Depicting Central Ornate Floral Cartouches, Qing Dynasty

A Chinese Exportware, Islamic Market Blue & White Dish Depicting Carnation Motifs, c.1750

An Antique Chinese Mahjong Set in Traveling Timber Box, c.1930

An Antique Chinese Carved Blackwood Printing Block Depicting Buddhist Mystic Map, Qing Dynasty

A Palepai Ritual Hanging with Deep Red & Blue Embroidery, Lampung, Sumatra, 19th Century

Two Carved Timber Male & Female Ibeji Twin Figures, Yoruba, Nigeria, 19th Century

A Chinese Kangxi Period Blue & White Porcelain Circular Box with Cover Depicting Fishing Scene, Early Qing Dynasty

The John Yu AC Collection of Asian & African Antiquities

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