Percival David
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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 Per
Percival David
Room 95, British Museum
The David Vases, 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
David Vases
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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" and among the most important blue-and-wh
Percival David
…for the imperial court, and includes examples of the rare Ru and Guan wares and two important Yuan dynasty blue and white porcelain temple vases (the "David Vases") the oldest dated blue and white porcelain objects, from 1351 A.D. It also holds a large library of Western and East Asian books related to Chinese…
The David Vases
One of the inscriptions. In the other inscription, the last four characters in the penultimate line "良辰謹記" ("reverently recorded on a propitious day") are replaced by "吉日捨" ("offers on an auspicious day").
Detail of the neck portion, with a slightly different inscription from above