
Antiques collector Ko Shih-Chao. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Ko Shih Chao and the Tianminlou Collection
Regina Krahl
It was with a distinct shock of pleasure that I realized the extent of his success in assembling what is unquestionably one of the finest groups of these wares to be seen anywhere in private hands today…
This is how in 1987 John Ayers characterised the collecting activity of Ko Shih Chao (1911-1992) and his Tianminlou Collection, when he wrote an introduction to the collection catalogue. Thirty years...
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