佳士得香港08秋拍上海预展——前言

佳士得与亚洲的密切关系

The growth of Christie’s in Asia reflects the world’s fascination with this region and its appreciation of the richness, diversity and quality of Asian art. Asia is also a magnet for some of the world’s finest treasures.
随着全球对亚洲的兴趣日增，而丰富多样、卓越非凡的亚洲艺术亦深深吸引各界人士，而且亚洲亦是世界各地珍宝的集中点，因而让佳士得在亚洲的业务得以蓬勃发展。

Christie’s long association with Asia began as early as 1766 when Asian works of art were featured in its very first auction. Fast forward to 1969 when Christie’s conducted its first auction in Asia at the Tokyo Bijutsu Club (Tokyo Art Club) in Japan. The sale featured Japanese, Chinese and European Works of Art, 19th Century Chinese Paintings and Impressionist and Modern Paintings. In 1973, Christie’s first office in Asia officially opened in Tokyo.
佳士得与亚洲的深切关系始于一七六六年的首场拍卖，当时拍卖了来自亚洲的工艺精品。二百年后于一九六九年，佳士得首个在亚洲的拍卖于日本的东京美术俱乐部举行，拍品包括日本、中国及欧洲的工艺精品，十九世纪中国书画，以及印象派及现代画作。一九七三年，佳士得在亚洲的首个办事处正式于东京开幕。

Christie’s followed with its first Hong Kong Sale in 1986, presenting a range of Chinese Paintings, Chinese Works of Art and Ceramics and Jadeite and Jewellery. It was an auspicious start to more than 20 years of success in Asia.
其后，佳士得于一九八六年在香港举行首场拍卖，拍卖一系列中国书画、中国瓷器及工艺精品，珠宝及翡翠首饰。拍卖成绩骄人，开展了佳士得在亚洲超过二十年的成功发展。

Growing from strength to strength, Christie’s expanded its Asia network to offices in Taipei, Singapore, Shanghai (the first international auction house to set up a China office), Beijing, Mumbai, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul and Bangkok. In China, Christie’s also licensed its brand to China-based auction house Forever International. In each country where Christie’s has an office, our representatives help clients connect with our specialists and bring the best of what Christie’s offers from its global sale centres.
随着业务日益发展，佳士得进军亚洲，在各地设立办事处，包括台北、新加坡、上海 (首个国际拍卖行在中国成立办事处)、北京、孟买、雅加达、吉隆坡、首尔及曼谷；佳士得亦把其商标授权予以中国为基地的北京永乐国际拍卖有限公司。于每个设有佳士得代表处的国家，各个代表都是客户与专家之间的桥梁，同时为客户带来世界各地佳士得的拍卖信息。

Throughout the 1990’s, Christie’s held specialised sales in different countries, such as our first Classical Chinese Paintings sale in Taipei in 1993 and the Imperial sale in Hong Kong – the auction house’s first themed sale in Asia. Singapore held its first Southeast Asian pictures and Straits Chinese Ceramics, gold and silver sales. In 1998, Christie’s Taiwan office added a 20th Century and Contemporary Chinese Paintings sale, and its Bangkok office held a Thai Paintings sale in 1999.
佳士得于九十年代在不同国家举办了不同专场拍卖，例如：一九九三年在台北的首个中国古代书画专拍，在香港的中国宫廷御制艺术精品专拍，新加坡亦举行首个东南亚艺术及土生华人瓷器、黄金及银器专拍。一九九八年，台北办事处增设了二十世纪及当代中国艺术专拍，曼谷办事处亦于一九九九年举办泰国画作专拍。