You may know that there is a long history of collecting Chinese art in Hong Kong, but can you name the three most important collections of Chinese paintings and calligraphy in the city?
The answer can be found at the Hong Kong Museum of Artโs (HKMoA) latest exhibition: โThe Pride of Hong Kong: Three Preeminent Collections of Ancient Paintings and Calligraphiesโ.
Low Chuck-tiewโs โXubaizhaiโ, Ho Iu-kwongโs โChih Lo Louโ and Lee Jung-senโs โBei Shan Tangโ collectively make up the cityโs โthree bigโ ancient Chinese painting and calligraphy collections, says curator Nadia Lau Sheung-ying.
Showing until October 7, the exhibition features 93 sets of masterpieces from the Tang dynasty (618-907) to the Qing (1644-1912).
Low, a banker, donated his โXubaizhaiโ collection to the museum just before he died in 1993. Hoโs family did the same with โChih Lo Louโ in 2018, 12 years after the death of the businessman.