Mei Yan, recruited people and the development process introduced

Even domestic collectors, for "Meiyintang" general knowledge, also limited to "Meiyintang collection of high grade and has always been known in the industry, especially in the collection of Chinese porcelain, are fine each era." Even if the auction company itself, but also on the identity of Mei Yin recruited tight-lipped, used to be called "Mei Yan, recruited people" instead of certain collectors. With its superior quality and fog layers of life experience, although prestigious, "Mei Yan, recruited people" collection of 2000 almost all the collections exhibited only been seen in the private sphere. I worked with a small part of the collection in 1994 at the British Museum, two years later exhibited in Monte Carlo. The only known record of a German scholar Regina Krahl editing commemorate catalog "Meiyintang collection of Chinese porcelain." This catalog of 7 volumes, but for the people who come together these collections, but said nothing. For Stephen Lee, now 93-year-old Swiss businessman, was born in the Philippines, and his brother (has died in 2009) Gilbert Lee painstakingly For 60 Upload to their father founded the firm in Manila flourish. They will own collection named "Meiyintang", meaning "rose leaves the palace" and another at home and this is their euphony of Switzerland Meienberg. For Lee brothers from the 1950s, China began to buy works of art by Helen Ling, Helen Ling is their partner in Singapore, US persons, then run Chinese porcelain in Shanghai. It was she who would Edward Chow (ie, inflammation of hatred), introduced to the brothers, hatred inflammation in Hong Kong at that time, soon after the turn in Switzerland. He is China's most prominent postwar art collectors and distributors. Early on, from antiquity to the late bronze porcelain, brothers widespread interest in Chinese art there. But their interest in accordance with their respective years were divided: Gilbert focused on early Neolithic pottery between the Song Dynasty, Stephen will energy devoted to Yuan Ming and Qing dynasties porcelain. For Lee brothers always looking for the most professional dealers, which Priestley and early artwork proficient Ferraro, another Mr. Eskenazi is well versed in advanced art. In 25 years time, they bought (or in their name available) For more than 160 collections of Lee brothers. For Lee brothers but the impact on the most profound hatred or inflammation, the collector is deeply rooted in the hearts of the brothers of the Chinese art of love and a certain degree of awe. Qiu inflammation of the porcelain collection mainly based, he gave "Meiyintang" master coaching, more or less, continued his way.