Yves Saint Laurent Pierre Bergé - Christie's
Yves Saint Laurent Pierre Bergé - Christie's
Yves Saint Laurent Pierre Bergé - Christie's
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asian art<br />
The collection of <strong>Yves</strong> <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Laurent</strong> and <strong>Pierre</strong> <strong>Bergé</strong> was not fettered by geographical<br />
boundaries. Boldly and elegantly, it includes sensational examples of Asian, particularly<br />
Chinese, artworks. Each carefully selected piece displays the unerring judgement that<br />
is so consistently a part of this collection and adds a global lustre and refinement to<br />
this otherwise European collection by, for example, including a Ming Dynasty Buddha<br />
at the centre of that European ideal, a Kunstkammer. Yet the superlative pieces of Asian<br />
art are, without question, the very rare and important 18th-century bronze sculptures<br />
of the head of a rat and the head of a rabbit.<br />
opposite page: Detail of the Rat’s head<br />
– Edward Behrens<br />
Editor, Christie’s Magazine
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