Collection From K'ung Hsiang-Hsi Family-9/12
Updated August 25, 2026
| Date | September 12, 2026 at 10:00 AM EDT |
| Type | Online only |
| Auction house | Top Notch Collections |
| Location | West Windsor, New Jersey, 08550 |
| Lots | 1003 |
Highlight of this sale is part of the collection of K'ung Hsiang-Hsi (Kong Xiangxi, 孔祥熙, 1880-1967). Born in Taigu, Shanxi province, to a well-established family of businessmen and educated by Christian missionaries, K'ung was a 75th-generation descendant of Confucius. K'ung Hsiang-Hsi was a passionate advocate for education - having studied at Oberlin College and Yale University before returning to China in 1907, he helped to set up schools in his hometown of Taigu to fulfil his vision of strengthening China through education in the 1910s. His initial career as an educator was cut short by the political disruption caused by the fall of the Qing dynasty. He was soon appointed the civil administrator of Taigu and division commander of the local army. Shifting politics obliged K'ung to spend time in Japan, where he met and in 1914 married Soong Ailing (1889-1973), eldest of the three famed Soong sisters and eventually became the brother-in-law of Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek. K'ung also engaged in business, trading internationally in kerosene and other natural resources through his Xiang Ji Company. K'ung Hsiang-Hsi served in several critical posts in the Republic of China government: Minister of Industry and Commerce (1928-1931), Minister of Finance (1933-1944), Governor of the Central Bank of China (1933-1945), and Premier of the Republic (1939-1945). During his career, he enacted important economic reforms and was among the key architects of China's modern financial and industrial systems. Full catalog and bidding: view on liveauctioneers .
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In this auction (1003 lots)
Categories: Fine Art & Prints · Jewelry & Watches · Pottery, China & Glass · Coins & Currency
- Lot 0001 — A BLUE AND WHITE ZUN VESSEL WITH BEAST-MASK PATTERN AND BEAST EARS
- Lot 0002 — A BAMBOO-ROOT CARVED MOON-SHAPED VASE WITH BEAST-MASK PATTERN
- Lot 0003 — A WHITE HETIAN JADE FLOWER HOLDER DEPICTING LIU HAI PLAYING WITH GOLDEN TOAD
- Lot 0004 — A BRONZE SCRIPTURE-PRESSING CENSER
- Lot 0005 — A PAIR OF FAMILLE-ROSE PLATES WITH OVER-GROWING BITTER MELON MOTIF
- Lot 0006 — A BRUSH REST CARVED FROM BAMBOO ROOT
- Lot 0007 — A CARVED PORCELAIN FLORAL SNUFF BOTTLE
- Lot 0008 — A ANCIENT HIGH-GRADE JADE SWORD POMMEL
- Lot 0009 — A CATTLE HERDING PAINTING ON PAPER BY LI KERAN.李可染
- Lot 0010 — A SQUARE COPPER CENSER
- Lot 0011 — A FAMILLE-ROSE FLOWER-RIM BOWL WITH LANDSCAPE PATTERN
- Lot 0012 — A HUANGHUALI WOOD BOOK CHEST
- Lot 0013 — A ORNAMENT OF LION IN HETIAN JADE
- Lot 0014 — A GILT-BRONZE STATUE OF AMITAYUS BUDDHA
- Lot 0015 — A JI-BLUE GLAZE ALMS-BOWL-SHAPED CENSER
- Lot 0016 — A HETIAN JADE PENDANT WITH BEAST MASK PATTERN
- Lot 0017 — A ANCIENT JADE SWORD GUARD
- Lot 0018 — A FLOWERS AND BIRDS PAINTING ON PAPER BY TIAN SHIGUANG.田世光
- Lot 0019 — A ANCIENT HIGH-GRADE JADE SHEEP ORNAMENT
- Lot 0020 — A ANCIENT JADE CONG
- Lot 0021 — A GOURD-SHAPED ABSTINENCE PLAQUE
- Lot 0022 — A RED SANDALWOOD CARVED CLOUD-DRAGON PATTERN INCENSE HOLDER
- Lot 0023 — A HETIAN JADE BI-DISC WITH LION-ROLLING-EMBROIDERED-BALL PATTERN
- Lot 0024 — A JI-BLUE GLAZE GILT-FRAMED OPEN-WINDOW GUANYIN VASE WITH FAMILLE-ROSE FIGURE PATTERN
- Lot 0025 — A PURPLE-GOLD-GLAZE WASHER
- Lot 0026 — A FAMILLE-ROSE APPRECIATION VASE WITH ONE-HUNDRED-HORSES MOTIF
- Lot 0027 — A CALLIGRAPHY "STRIVE FOR THE UPPER REACH" ON PAPER BY KANG SHENG.康生
- Lot 0028 — A BOXWOOD BRUSH POT
- Lot 0029 — A ANCIENT JADE TURTLE
- Lot 0030 — A COPPER LI-FORM CENSER
- Lot 0031 — A BLUE-AND-WHITE SNUFF BOTTLE WITH DOUBLE-DRAGON-CHASING-PEARL PATTERN
- Lot 0032 — A SIDE TABLE OF HUANGHUALI WOOD
- Lot 0033 — A ANCIENT HIGH-GRADE JADE JADE RING
- Lot 0034 — A HETIAN JADE BIRD-SHAPED JADE PENDANT
- Lot 0035 — A BRONZE CRICKET-EAR CENSER
- Lot 0036 — A LINE DRAWING FIGURE HANDSCROLL ON PAPER BY LI GONGLIN.李公麟
- Lot 0037 — A FAMILLE-ROSE PLATE WITH FIGURE PATTERN
- Lot 0038 — A HETIAN JADE TUBE PENDANT WITH CICADA PATTERN
- Lot 0039 — A ANCIENT JADE TURTLE PENDANT
- Lot 0040 — A EIGHT-EYED DZI BEAD
- Lot 0041 — A HUTIAN KILN WASHER
- Lot 0042 — A PEACOCK-BLUE GLAZE GU-SHAPED BEAKER WITH FLOWER PATTERN
- Lot 0043 — A BRONZE-BODY CARVED-RED APPRECIATION VASE WITH FLOWER-BASKET PATTERN (PAIR)
- Lot 0044 — A ONE-LINE DZI BEAD BRACELET
- Lot 0045 — A SCHOLAR FIGURE PAINTING ON PAPER BY ZHANG DAQIAN.張大千
- Lot 0046 — A ARCHAIC JADE INSECT PENDANT
- Lot 0047 — A BLUE-AND-WHITE KUNDIKA WITH PHOENIX PATTERN
- Lot 0048 — A SEDAN-CHAIR BOX OF ZITAN WOOD
- Lot 0049 — A HETIAN JADE AUSPICIOUS BEAST PENDANT
- Lot 0050 — A HETIAN JADE FRUIT AND MELON PENDANT
- Lot 0051 — A BRONZE GURU STATUE
- Lot 0052 — A FAMILLE-ROSE FLORAL LONG-NECK VASE
- Lot 0053 — A BEECH WOOD PHOENIX-PATTERN BRUSH REST
- Lot 0054 — A PEACH BLOSSOM FAIRYLAND PAINTING ON SILK BY WEN ZHENGMING.文徵明
- Lot 0055 — A ANCIENT HIGH-GRADE JADE BI DISC
- Lot 0056 — A FAMILLE-ROSE FOUR-LOOP COVERED JAR WITH FIGURED PATTERN
- Lot 0057 — A GREEN-ENAMEL DRAGON-PATTERN ELEPHANT-EAR VASE
- Lot 0058 — A ANCIENT JADE PENDANT WITH RECUMBENT OX MOTIF
- Lot 0059 — A FAMILLE-ROSE WATER POT WITH FLOWER-AND-BIRD PATTERN
- Lot 0060 — A HETIAN JADE PLAQUE WITH HUMAN FIGURE PATTERN
- Lot 0061 — A BRONZE FA-ZHAN-STYLE CENSER WITH BAMBOO-JOINT MOTIFS
- Lot 0062 — A YIXING CLAY EWER
- Lot 0063 — A CRANE PAINTING ON PAPER BY BADA SHANREN.八大山人
- Lot 0064 — A ZITAN-WOOD CARVED DRAGON-KNOB SEAL
- Lot 0065 — A ANCIENT JADE SWORD POMMEL
- Lot 0066 — A BRONZE SCRIPTURE-WEIGHT CENSER WITH STAND
- Lot 0067 — A ANCIENT HIGH-GRADE HONGSHAN CULTURE PIG-DRAGON
- Lot 0068 — A FAMILLE-ROSE FLORAL PLATE
- Lot 0069 — A BRUSH POT OF HUANGHUALI WOOD
- Lot 0070 — A HETIAN JADE DOUBLE HAPPINESS PLAQUE
- Lot 0071 — A ANCIENT JADE BI-DISC CARVED WITH DRAGON PATTERN
- Lot 0072 — A CALLIGRAPHY WORKS ON PAPER BY WEN ZHENGMING (SIX PIECES).文徵明
- Lot 0073 — A INK-COLOR SNUFF BOTTLE WITH FIGURE PATTERN
- Lot 0074 — A TAOHE INK STONE
- Lot 0075 — A ANCIENT JADE CICADA PENDANT
- Lot 0076 — A GROUP OF LARGE FAMILLE-ROSE LANTERN-SHAPED VASES WITH LANDSCAPE COURTYARD AND FIGURE PATTERN
- Lot 0077 — A NUT-KERNEL PENDANT
- Lot 0078 — A GE-GLAZE CELESTIAL SPHERE VASE
- Lot 0079 — A ANCIENT JADE FIGURINE PENDANT
- Lot 0080 — A HETIAN JADE HANGING ORNAMENT OF BOY DELIVERING TREASURES
- Lot 0081 — A JOYFUL OUTING HANDSCROLL ON SILK BY WANG JUZHENG.王居正
- Lot 0082 — A BRONZE CENSER WITH UPRIGHT UPRISING EARS
- Lot 0083 — A POETIC-INSCRIBED PORCELAIN PLAQUE
- Lot 0084 — A HETIAN JADE PENDANT WITH DOUBLE HAPPINESS PATTERN
- Lot 0085 — A OPENWORK DRAGON-PATTERN OFFICIAL LEATHER CHEST OF HUANGHUALI WOOD
- Lot 0086 — A SET OF ANCIENT JADE PENDANTS
- Lot 0087 — A YELLOW-GLAZE FLOWERPOT
- Lot 0088 — A BLUE-AND-WHITE DRAGON-PATTERN INK PASTE BOX
- Lot 0089 — A AGARWOOD CARVED ORNAMENT IN FORM OF LARGE AND SMALL LIONS
- Lot 0090 — A ARHAT PAINTING ON PAPER BY HONG YI.弘一
- Lot 0091 — A AGATE PENDANT
- Lot 0092 — A BRONZE STANDING STATUE OF MAITREYA BUDDHA
- Lot 0093 — A YIXING CLAY FLOWER POT
- Lot 0094 — A WUCAI COVERED JAR WITH BUDDHA-FIGURE PATTERN
- Lot 0095 — A CARVED-RED PLATE WITH FLOWER-AND-BIRD PATTERN
- Lot 0096 — A HETIAN JADE PENDANT WITH NARRATIVE FIGURE SCENES
- Lot 0097 — A ARCHAIC JADE PENDANT
- Lot 0098 — A YELLOW-GLAZE SUTRA-PRESSING CENSER
- Lot 0099 — A CHRYSANTHEMUM AND WINE FOR LONGEVITY PAINTING ON PAPER BY QI BAISHI.齊白石
- Lot 0100 — A GILT-LACQUERED WOOD-CORE STATUE OF NEWBORN SAKYAMUNI
- Lot 0101 — A ANCIENT JADE TUBE PENDANT
- Lot 0102 — A ANCIENT JADE SINAN PENDANT
- Lot 0103 — A FOUR-EYED DZI BEAD
- Lot 0104 — A FAMILLE-ROSE OLIVE-SHAPED VASE WITH FLOWER PATTERN
- Lot 0105 — A ANCIENT JADE DEITY PENDANT
- Lot 0106 — A THUMB RING WITH FOUR GENTLEMEN PATTERN IN HETIAN JADE
- Lot 0107 — A BRONZE LI-FORM CENSER
- Lot 0108 — A CALLIGRAPHY LETTERS ON PAPER BY QI BAISHI (TWENTY SHEETS).齊白石
- Lot 0109 — A BLUE-AND-WHITE SNUFF BOTTLE WITH DOUBLE-DRAGON PATTERN
- Lot 0110 — A BLUE-AND-WHITE WRITING-BRUSH POT WITH LANDSCAPE PATTERN
- Lot 0111 — A HUANGHUALI WOOD JEWELRY CHEST
- Lot 0112 — A ANCIENT JADE BI DISC
- Lot 0113 — A GROUP OF COPPER-BODY CLOISONNE HEXAGONAL VASES WITH FLOWER-AND-BIRD PATTERN
- Lot 0114 — A FAMILLE-ROSE SQUARE BUCKET WITH ANTIQUE-OBJECT MOTIF
- Lot 0115 — A KANG TABLE OF ZITAN WOOD
- Lot 0116 — A ORNAMENT OF AUSPICIOUS BEAST IN HETIAN JADE
- Lot 0117 — A LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS ALBUM ON PAPER BY HUANG BINHONG (TEN LEAVES).黃賓虹
- Lot 0118 — A BLUE-AND-WHITE CUP WITH INTERLOCKING-FLORAL PATTERN
- Lot 0119 — A HETIAN JADE TUBE PENDANT
- Lot 0120 — A FAMILLE-ROSE BOWL WITH CHILDREN-AT-PLAY SCENE
- Lot 0121 — A BAMBOO-CARVED BRUSH POT INSCRIBED WITH POEMS
- Lot 0122 — A HETIAN WHITE JADE BELT HOOK WITH DRAGON PATTERN
- Lot 0123 — A ARCHAIC JADE RECUMBENT OX ORNAMENT
- Lot 0124 — A FLAMBE GLAZE CONG-SHAPED VASE
- Lot 0125 — A ANCIENT JADE PIG DRAGON PENDANT
- Lot 0126 — A LANDSCAPE HANDSCROLL ON PAPER BY HUANG GONGWANG.黃公望
- Lot 0127 — A PEACOCK-BLUE-GLAZE MYTHICAL-BEAST PAPERWEIGHT
- Lot 0128 — A ARCHAIC JADE CICADA
- Lot 0129 — A GILT-BRONZE VICTORIOUS MOTHER BUDDHA STATUE
- Lot 0130 — A FLOWERS AND BIRDS PAINTING ON SILK BY WANG YUAN.王淵
- Lot 0131 — A LANDSCAPE PAINTING ON PAPER BY ZHANG DAQIAN.張大千
- Lot 0132 — A SCHOLAR'S OFFERINGS PAINTING ON SILK BY SOONG MAY-LING.宋美齡
- Lot 0133 — A CALLIGRAPHY ON PAPER BY ZHANG DAQIAN.張大千
- Lot 0134 — A LANDSCAPE HANDSCROLL ON SILK BY LI CHENG.李成
- Lot 0135 — A RED PINES PAINTING ON PAPER BY QI GONG.啟功
- Lot 0136 — A HORSES AND FIGURES PAINTING MOUNTED AS SCROLL CENTER ON SILK BY MA JIN.馬晉
- Lot 0137 — A PAINTING MOUNTED AS SCROLL CENTER ON PAPER, RED LEAVES DESCENDING AT FRAGRANT HILLS BY WU
- Lot 0138 — A CALLIGRAPHY WORKS ON PAPER BY HUANG TINGJIAN (EIGHT PIECES).黃庭堅
- Lot 0139 — A LANDSCAPE HANDSCROLL ON PAPER BY ZHANG DAQIAN.張大千
- Lot 0140 — A FLOWER AND BIRD PAINTING ON PAPER BY ZHANG DAQIAN.張大千
- Lot 0141 — A FIGURE PAINTING ON PAPER BY FU BAOSHI.傅抱石
- Lot 0142 — A LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS ALBUM ON PAPER BY ZHANG DAQIAN (TEN LEAVES).張大千
- Lot 0143 — A CALLIGRAPHY LETTERS ON PAPER BY LU XUN (TWENTY SHEETS).魯迅
- Lot 0144 — A ONE HUNDRED BOYS HANDSCROLL ON SILK BY QIU YING.仇英
- Lot 0145 — A FIGURE PAINTING ON PAPER BY WANG ZHENPENG.王振鵬
- Lot 0146 — A PINES AND WATERFALL PAINTING MOUNTED AS SCROLL CENTER ON PAPER BY LI XIONGCAI.黎雄
- Lot 0147 — A YOUNG CHICKS PAINTING ON PAPER BY QI BAISHI.齊白石
- Lot 0148 — A CALLIGRAPHY ON PAPER BY QI GONG.啟功
- Lot 0149 — A LANDSCAPE HANDSCROLL ON PAPER BY HUANG GONGWANG.黃公望
- Lot 0150 — A LANDSCAPE PAINTING ON PAPER BY ZHANG DAQIAN.張大千
- … and 853 more lots
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