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Sir Percival Victor David Ezekiel David, 2nd Baronet (21 July 1892 – 9 October 1964) was a Bombay-born British financier who is best known as a scholar and collector of Chinese ceramics. [2] His collection of Chinese ceramics in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art is regarded as the world's most important single collection outside of ...
The David Vases, said to be two of the best-known Chinese porcelains in the world. The Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art (abbreviated as the PDF) held a collection of Chinese ceramics and related items assembled by Percival David that are on permanent display in a dedicated gallery in Room 95 at the British Museum.
The David Vases are a pair of blue-and-white temple vases from the Yuan dynasty. The vases have been described as the "best-known porcelain vases in the world" [ 1 ] and among the most important blue-and-white Chinese porcelains .
The British Museum is to receive the highest-value gift in UK museum history as it acquires £1 billion worth of Chinese ceramics. Trustees of the Sir Percival David Foundation are to donate 1,700 ...
Nearly 2,000 Chinese ceramics worth £1bn are to be donated to the institution by a charitable foundation.
Tang dynasty xing ware, Percival David collection. Xing ware or Xingyao (simplified Chinese: 邢窑; traditional Chinese: 邢窯; pinyin: Xíngyáo) is a type of Chinese ceramics produced in Hebei province in north China, most notably during the Tang dynasty. Xing ware typically has a white body covered with a clear glaze.
Jessica Harrison-Hall at the British Museum in Gallery 95, the Sir Percival David Collection of Chinese Ceramics.. Jessica Lucy Kilgour Harrison-Hall FSA (Chinese: 霍吉淑; pinyin: Huò jí shū; born 1965) is a British art historian, sinologist, curator and author.
After studying Mandarin and Chinese art at the School of Oriental and African Studies (1971–75), she worked at the Percival David Foundation (1976–78). She joined the Far Eastern Department of the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1978. She became the Keeper of the Far Eastern Department in 1987, a post she held until her retirement in 2003.