Collection From K'ung Hsiang-Hsi Family-8/29
Updated September 2, 2026
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| Date | August 29, 2026 at 10:00 AM EDT |
| Type | Online only |
| Auction house | Top Notch Collections |
| Location | West Windsor, New Jersey, 08550 · more auctions in West Windsor |
| Lots | 1003 |
| Estimates | $300 – $220,000 |
What's in this auction
1003 lots, mostly fine art & prints (298), coins & currency (99), pottery, china & glass (67), jewelry & watches (46). 1003 lots have photos and 73 have full descriptions. Pre-sale estimates $300–$220,000 across 1003 priced lots. Bidding is online through the auction house's catalog.
Highest-estimated lots
- A SPRING MORNING IN THE HAN PALACE HANDSCROLL PAINTING ON SILK COLLABORATIVELY PAINTED BY DING — est. $110,000–$220,000
- A GILT BRONZE STATUE OF MAHASIDDHA — est. $75,000–$150,000
- A NINE GENERATIONS UNDER ONE ROOF HANDSCROLL PAINTING ON SILK BY QIU YING.仇英 — est. $60,000–$120,000
- A GILT BRONZE STATUE OF SAKYAMUNI — est. $60,000–$120,000
- A GILT BRONZE STATUE OF SEATED GUANYIN — est. $50,000–$100,000
From the auction house
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 .
In this auction (1003 lots)
Categories: Fine Art & Prints (298) · Coins & Currency (99) · Pottery, China & Glass (67) · Jewelry & Watches (46) · Antiques & Furniture (6) · Farm & Heavy Equipment (1)
- Lot 0001 — A YUHUCHUN VASE WITH BLUE AND WHITE CLOUD DRAGON PATTERNS
- Lot 0002 — A BURL WOOD CARVED MONEY TURTLE PAPERWEIGHT
- Lot 0003 — A ARCHAIC JADE TRIPOD CENSER CARVED WITH BEAST MASK PATTERN
- Lot 0004 — A GILT BRONZE FIGURE STATUE
- Lot 0005 — A FAMILLE ROSE PLATE WITH FLOWER AND BUTTERFLY PATTERN
- Lot 0006 — A SHOUSHAN TIANHUANG STONE PENDANT CARVED WITH INSECT AND BAMBOO MOTIFS
- Lot 0007 — A ARCHAIC JADE STEM CUP WITH NIPPLE BOSS AND DRAGON PATTERNS
- Lot 0008 — A GILT BRONZE JUE CUP
- Lot 0009 — A FIGURE PAINTING ON PAPER BY LIN FENGMIAN.林風眠
- Lot 0010 — A FAMILLE ROSE PLATE WITH FLOWER AND BUTTERFLY PATTERN
- Lot 0011 — A PAIR OF BOXWOOD CARVED CRANE INCENSE BURNERS
- Lot 0012 — A ARCHAIC JADE DUCK-SHAPED INCENSE BURNER
- Lot 0013 — A PLUM VASE WITH FAMILLE ROSE MAGPIE ON PLUM BLOSSOM PATTERNS
- Lot 0014 — A GILT BRONZE BODHISATTVA STATUE
- Lot 0015 — A SHADOW CELADON TRIBUTE BOWL
- Lot 0016 — A SHOUSHAN TIANHUANG STONE SEAL CARVED WITH DRAGON PATTERN
- Lot 0017 — A ARCHAIC JADE AUSPICIOUS BEAST ORNAMENT
- Lot 0018 — A SCHOLAR'S STUDIO OFFERINGS PAINTING ON PAPER BY GIUSEPPE CASTIGLIONE.郎世寧
- Lot 0019 — A ANCIENT JADE BEAR ORNAMENT
- Lot 0020 — A YAOZHOU KILN PEAR-SHAPED SPRING VASE
- Lot 0021 — A RED SANDALWOOD CARVED OPENWORK FLORAL PATTERN LIDDED BOX
- Lot 0022 — A ARCHAIC JADE HORN CUP CARVED WITH CHILONG PATTERNS
- Lot 0023 — A GILT BRONZE SEAL WITH BEAST KNOB
- Lot 0024 — A BLUE AND WHITE INTERLOCKING DRAGON PATTERN GOURD VASE
- Lot 0025 — A AGARWOOD CARVED GANODERMA LUCIDUM ORNAMENT
- Lot 0026 — A ARCHAIC JADE TUBE VESSEL WITH NIPPLE BOSS PATTERNS
- Lot 0027 — A CALLIGRAPHY ON PAPER BY LIU YONG.劉墉
- Lot 0028 — A SET OF ARCHAIC JADE DIVINE BEAST ORNAMENTS
- Lot 0029 — A GILT BRONZE BUDDHA STATUE
- Lot 0030 — A PAIR OF TWO-EARED ZUN VESSELS WITH FAMILLE ROSE ENGRAVED FLOWER AND BUTTERFLY PATTERN ON TURQUOISE
- Lot 0031 — A ARCHAIC JADE TIGER-SHAPED ORNAMENT
- Lot 0032 — A ARCHAIC JADE TUBE VESSEL WITH STRING PATTERNS
- Lot 0033 — A GILT BRONZE CENSER WITH UPRIGHT EARS
- Lot 0034 — A ZISHA EWER
- Lot 0035 — A SHOUSHAN STONE CARVED LIU HAI PLAYING WITH GOLDEN TOAD ORNAMENT
- Lot 0036 — A LANDSCAPE AND FIGURE PAINTING ON PAPER BY ZHANG DAQIAN.張大千
- Lot 0037 — A ARCHAIC JADE BI DISC
- Lot 0038 — A GILT BRONZE STATUE OF SEATED GUANYIN
- Lot 0039 — A FAMILLE ROSE FLOWER AND BUTTERFLY PATTERN BOWL
- Lot 0040 — A WOOD-BODY LACQUER RUYI INLAID WITH MOTHER-OF-PEARL, LANDSCAPE, FIGURES AND POEM INSCRIPTIONS
- Lot 0041 — A ARCHAIC JADE PENDANT WITH BEAST PATTERNS
- Lot 0042 — A BLUE AND WHITE FIGURE PATTERN BRUSH POT
- Lot 0043 — A ANCIENT JADE FLARED RIM WASHER
- Lot 0044 — A JUN KILN CUP
- Lot 0045 — A CALLIGRAPHY HANDSCROLL ON SILK BY CAI XIANG.蔡襄
- Lot 0046 — A BLACK STONE BUDDHIST SHRINE
- Lot 0047 — A ANCIENT JADE SEAL INLAID WITH GOLD AND SILVER CARVED WITH CHI DRAGON MOTIFS
- Lot 0048 — A PARTIALLY GILT BRONZE GALLOPING HORSE-SHAPED ORNAMENT
- Lot 0049 — A LARGE EWER WITH BLUE AND WHITE CLOUD DRAGON PATTERNS
- Lot 0050 — A PAIR OF ZITAN WOOD FLOWER STANDS
- Lot 0051 — A ANCIENT JADE SEAL
- Lot 0052 — A GILT BRONZE STATUE OF GUANYIN BODHISATTVA
- Lot 0053 — A FAMILLE ROSE DOUBLE FORTUNE AND LONGEVITY PATTERN BOWL
- Lot 0054 — A GOURD PAINTING ON PAPER BY QI BAISHI.齊白石
- Lot 0055 — A RED SANDALWOOD CARVED NINE DRAGON PATTERN SCREEN
- Lot 0056 — A ARCHAIC JADE RECUMBENT BEAR ORNAMENT
- Lot 0057 — A ARCHAIC JADE PENDANT WITH SHEEP HEAD
- Lot 0058 — A BRONZE BELT HOOK INLAID WITH TURQUOISE AND GOLD & SILVER INLAY
- Lot 0059 — A PAIR OF FAHUA GLAZE CUPS WITH DRAGON AND CLOUD PATTERN
- Lot 0060 — A SHOUSHAN STONE SEAL WITH CHI DRAGON KNOB
- Lot 0061 — A ARCHAIC JADE KNEELING FIGURINE
- Lot 0062 — A ANCIENT JADE OPENWORK BI DISC WITH CHI DRAGON MOTIFS EXTENDING BEYOND RIM
- Lot 0063 — A FLOWER PAINTING ON PAPER BY EMPRESS DOWAGER CIXI.慈禧
- Lot 0064 — A ARROW VASE WITH ENAMEL COLOR FLOWER AND BUTTERFLY PATTERNS
- Lot 0065 — A RED SANDALWOOD LIDDED BOX
- Lot 0066 — A ARCHAIC JADE ORNAMENT OF FOREIGNER PLAYING WITH BEAST
- Lot 0067 — A GILT BRONZE STATUE OF BODHISATTVA
- Lot 0068 — A CUP WITH BLUE AND WHITE FLORAL PATTERNS
- Lot 0069 — A ARCHAIC JADE DRAGON-TORTOISE CANDLESTICK
- Lot 0070 — A GREEN GLAZE GOURD VASE
- Lot 0071 — A ARCHAIC JADE BELT HOOK WITH DRAGON HEAD
- Lot 0072 — A CALLIGRAPHY ON PAPER BY QI GONG.啟功
- Lot 0073 — A GILT BRONZE BEAST-SHAPED PAPERWEIGHT
- Lot 0074 — A ZISHA EWER
- Lot 0075 — A SHOUSHAN STONE RECUMBENT HORSE ORNAMENT
- Lot 0076 — A ANCIENT JADE CARVED LION-EAR CENSER
- Lot 0077 — A GILT BRONZE STATUE OF PADMARAJA
- Lot 0078 — A DEHUA KILN SQUARE GU VASE WITH BEAST MASK MOTIFS
- Lot 0079 — A BAMBOO CARVED LIDDED VASE WITH BEAST EARS AND LANDSCAPE FIGURE PATTERN
- Lot 0080 — A ARCHAIC JADE PHOENIX ORNAMENT
- Lot 0081 — A EAGLE PAINTING ON PAPER BY LI KUCHAN.李苦禪
- Lot 0082 — A BRONZE VASE WITH DOUBLE DRAGON EARS
- Lot 0083 — A RED GLAZE APPLE ZUN
- Lot 0084 — A GROUP OF SHOUSHAN STONE SEALS WITH DRAGON AND PHOENIX KNOBS
- Lot 0085 — A ANCIENT JADE SOUTH-POINTER PENDANT
- Lot 0086 — A ARCHAIC JADE RECUMBENT PIG ORNAMENT
- Lot 0087 — A ANCIENT JADE COVERED CENSER CARVED WITH DRAGON PATTERNS
- Lot 0088 — A WUCAI WATER POT WITH CARPS LEAPING OVER DRAGON GATE PATTERN
- Lot 0089 — A BOXWOOD CARVED EARTH GOD AND GODDESS STATUES (SET)
- Lot 0090 — A HANDSCROLL OF SELF-WRITTEN OFFICIAL MANDATE CALLIGRAPHY ON SILK BY DONG QICHANG.董其
- Lot 0091 — A JADEITE FIGURE OF ATTENDANT LADY
- Lot 0092 — A GILT BRONZE AND SILVERED STATUE OF MILAREPA
- Lot 0093 — A UNDERGLAZE RED TAIBAI ZUN VESSEL WITH TIGER PATTERN
- Lot 0094 — A PAIR OF ZITAN WOOD LACQUER SCREENS WITH PRECIOUS STONE INLAY "BAMBOO HERALDS PEACE"
- Lot 0095 — A ARCHAIC JADE SEAL WITH CHILONG KNOB
- Lot 0096 — A CLOISONNÉ FLORAL BOX
- Lot 0097 — A BLUE AND WHITE PLATE WITH FISH PATTERN
- Lot 0098 — A DUAN INKSTONE WITH DRAGON AMID WAVES CARVING
- Lot 0099 — A ARHAT PAINTING ON PAPER BY MASTER HONGYI.弘一
- Lot 0100 — A PAIR OF DOUCAI AUSPICIOUS CUPS
- Lot 0101 — A ARCHAIC JADE PENDANT WITH DIVINE HUMAN FACE MOTIFS
- Lot 0102 — A BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER
- Lot 0103 — A BLUE AND WHITE WASHER WITH INTERLOCKING FLORAL SCROLL PATTERN
- Lot 0104 — A REDWOOD BRUSH POT CARVED WITH POEM INSCRIPTIONS
- Lot 0105 — A ARCHAIC JADE ORNAMENT OF WINGED IMMORTAL RIDING BEAST
- Lot 0106 — A SET OF ANCIENT JADE HORSE ORNAMENTS
- Lot 0107 — A GUAN KILN VASE WITH DOUBLE TUBULAR EARS
- Lot 0108 — A CALLIGRAPHY ON SILK BY MI FU.米芾
- Lot 0109 — A ARCHAIC JADE RECUMBENT SHEEP ORNAMENT
- Lot 0110 — A ANCIENT JADE SEAL INLAID WITH GOLD, SILVER AND GEMSTONES CARVED WITH CHI DRAGON MOTIFS
- Lot 0111 — A GILT BRONZE STATUE OF PRATISARA
- Lot 0112 — A FAMILLE ROSE WASHER WITH LONGEVITY PEACH PATTERN
- Lot 0113 — A SHOUSHAN TIANHUANG STONE HAND PIECE IN FORM OF BERGAMOT
- Lot 0114 — A ARCHAIC JADE STEM CUP CARVED WITH INSCRIPTIONS
- Lot 0115 — A ANCIENT JADE SEAL WITH CHI DRAGON KNOB
- Lot 0116 — A SILVER TURTLE-SHAPED INCENSE TUBE
- Lot 0117 — A FIGURE PAINTING ON SILK BY EMPEROR QIANLONG.乾隆
- Lot 0118 — A ZISHA EWER WITH ENAMEL DECORATION
- Lot 0119 — A BAMBOO CARVED WRIST REST WITH PLUM BLOSSOMS AND FIGURES
- Lot 0120 — A ARCHAIC JADE RECUMBENT BEAR ORNAMENT
- Lot 0121 — A GILT BRONZE STATUE OF SAKYAMUNI
- Lot 0122 — A GRASS AND INSECT PAINTING ON PAPER BY QI BAISHI.齊白石
- Lot 0123 — A INK BAMBOO PAINTING ON PAPER BY ZHENG BANQIAO.鄭板橋
- Lot 0124 — A HANDSCROLL OF LAYERED PEAKS AND MISTY VALLEYS PAINTING ON SILK BY ZHANG ZONGCANG.張宗
- Lot 0125 — A CALLIGRAPHY ON PAPER BY YU YOUREN.於右任
- Lot 0126 — A GUAN YIN PAINTING ON PAPER BY ZHANG DAQIAN.張大千
- Lot 0127 — A FLOWER AND BUTTERFLY PAINTING ON PAPER BY YU FEIAN.於非闇
- Lot 0128 — A FLOWER PAINTINGS ALBUM LEAVES ON PAPER BY WU CHANGSHUO (5 LEAVES).吳昌碩
- Lot 0129 — A HANDSCROLL OF WEN JI RETURNING TO HAN PAINTING ON SILK BY ZHAO BOJU.趙伯駒
- Lot 0130 — A CALLIGRAPHY ON SILK BY LIU YONG.劉墉
- Lot 0131 — A FIGURE PAINTING ON SILK BY LIU SONGNIAN.劉松年
- Lot 0132 — A AUTUMN AT WU GORGE PAINTING ON PAPER BY ZHANG DAQIAN.張大千
- Lot 0133 — A LOTUS PAINTING ON PAPER BY QI BAISHI.齊白石
- Lot 0134 — A CALLIGRAPHY ON PAPER BY QI BAISHI, MOUNTED AS MIRROR HEART.齊白石
- Lot 0135 — A HANDSCROLL OF IMMORTALS GATHERING PAINTING ON SILK BY QIU YING.仇英
- Lot 0136 — A FIGURE PAINTING ON SILK BY QIU YING.仇英
- Lot 0137 — A FLOWER AND BUTTERFLY PAINTING ON PAPER BY WANG XUETAO.王雪濤
- Lot 0138 — A CALLIGRAPHY ON PAPER BY HUANG BINHONG.黃賓虹
- Lot 0139 — A LANDSCAPE PAINTING ON PAPER BY FU BAOSHI.傅抱石
- Lot 0140 — A GREEN STREAMS AND LAYERED HILLS HANDSCROLL PAINTING ON SILK BY TANG BOHU.唐伯虎
- Lot 0141 — A LANDSCAPE AND FIGURE PAINTING ON PAPER BY TANG BOHU (FOUR PIECES).唐伯虎
- Lot 0142 — A FLOWER-AND-BIRD PAINTING ON PAPER BY QI BAISHI.齊白石
- Lot 0143 — A CALLIGRAPHY ON SILK BY WEN ZHENGMING.文徵明
- Lot 0144 — A BAMBOO VIEWING SORROW RELIEF PAINTING ON SILK BY BADA SHANREN.八大山人
- Lot 0145 — A SPLASHED COLOR LANDSCAPE PAINTING ON PAPER BY ZHANG DAQIAN.張大千
- Lot 0146 — A ODE TO CONTENTMENT HANDSCROLL PAINTING ON SILK BY LIU SONGNIAN.劉松年
- Lot 0147 — A GUANYIN PAINTING ON PAPER BY HONG YI.弘一
- Lot 0148 — A CALLIGRAPHY ON PAPER BY WU CHANGSHUO.吳昌碩
- Lot 0149 — A BEAUTY PAINTINGS ALBUM LEAVES ON PAPER BY QIU YING (5 LEAVES).仇英
- Lot 0150 — A TWO IMMORTALS OF HARMONY PAINTING ON SILK BY ZHAO MENGFU.趙孟頫
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