Christie’s is proud to present Exquisite Eye: Chinese Paintings Online including the Collection of Sun Ah Book Center, which offers a selection of paintings and calligraphy ranging from Classical and Modern through to the Contemporary period.

Sun Ah Book Center opened in 1968, and has been in the bookselling business for over half a century in Hong Kong, and sold countless rare books and manuscripts to collectors around the world. In the process of acquiring books from collectors, they would also acquire many paintings and calligraphy, thus amassing a collection of Classical and Modern works. Highlights include works by Zha Shibiao, Gao Fenghan, Zhao Shao’ang and Hu Peiheng.

Furthermore, this sale offers exceptional pieces from important Hong Kong private collectors, such as the collection of Chua Lam and the collection of Dr. Kuan Chao Hsiang. These are accompanied by Modern painting masters works, such as Lin Fengmian, Zhang Daqian, Pu Ru, Feng Zikai, and Ding Yanyong. This sale provides emerging and seasoned collectors a unique opportunity, for a limited time, to acquire paintings from distinguished private collections from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, and North America.