Sir Percival Victor David Ezekiel David, 2nd Baronet was a Bombay-born British financier who is best known as a scholar and collector of Chinese ceramics. 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 palace collections in China and Taiwan. He also formed a collection of Chinese stamps and postal history that has been evaluated as one of the greatest ever assembled.
Percival David
Room 95, British Museum
The David Vases, said to be two of the best-known Chinese porcelains in the world, part of the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art collection
An unadopted hand-drawn essay for the 1878–83 Large Dragon stamps of China once in Percival David's collection.
Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
The Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art holds 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 Foundation's main purpose is to promote the study and teaching of Chinese art and culture. The collection consists of some 1,700 pieces, mostly of Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasty porcelain from the 10th century to the 18th. It includes a painting, Scroll of Antiquities.
The David Vases, said to be two of the best-known Chinese porcelains in the world
Two flasks with dragons, 1403–24
The former home of the Percival David Foundation in Gordon Square
Room 95, British Museum