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Condition Report 1. Mr. & Mrs. Gold 2. Mr. & Mrs. Gold's house in Chicago 3. A inside view of Mr. & Mrs. Gold's house 4. A view of the showroom. 5. Mr. Kenji Kundeken (The President of 'Import & Export Trade Nagakura Shoji Co., Ltd). 6. Mr. Kenji Kundeken and his colleagues. 7. Mr. Gold with the masterpiece - Jade "bi". 8. Mr. Kenji Kundeken with is the masterpiece - Jade "bi". 9. Mr. WenShi Liang & Miss. Yuan Liang 10. The original packing list (Markenzie & Co., Ltd). 11. Original home letter & Inventory (Mr. WenShi Liang).
Notes Mr. Dylan. Gold (1925-2006) and Mrs. Yuan Liang (1920-1998) were met in 1955, San Francisco, US. And then get married in June 1957. Mr. Dylan Gold & Mr. Kenji Kundeken (formerly known as an Artworks dealer in Naha city.) were met up and became good friend during Mr. Dylan Gold’s national service time in the US military base in Okinawa, Japan. Mr. Kenji Kundeken (1895-?) was the president of ‘Import & Export Trade Nagakura Shoji Co., Ltd. And he is also the honorary director of Tokyo Art Club, Osaka Art Club and Kyoto Art Club. He has even set up several branches and offices in Japan & HongKong thanks to his superior dealing skills. Mr. Gold was had a series of important collections during his national service time. Beside antiquities, some old catalogues which published by some famous Japanese Art Clubs were also been collected. The solidary relationship between Mr. Gold and Mr. Kenji Kudeken was built up. It is worth mentioning that Mr. Gold had received an important masterpiece when he finished his NS and heading back to the US, the details of this event was well recorded and described in the wooden case of this masterpiece. Mrs. Yuan Liang was born and raised in a rich family in Shanghai, China. Her father Mr. WenShi Liang was running some Artwork shops and pawnshops. Influenced by her family, she had keen interest in arts and was showing a good level of aesthetic sense when she was a little girl. And she started to pursue her study in US since 1946, and never went back to China again. China was experiencing a huge social and political unrest in 1947, serious inflation struck in ShangHai. Mr. WenShi Liang was so worried about the situation and started to pack & Ship his own collections to her daughter Miss. Yuan Liang in the US. Details of Mr. WenShi Liang’s collection can be checked by a packing list of Markenzie & Co., Ltd. as the hardcopy of the packing list is still kept by Mr. Liang’s family. And the name and quantity of these magnificent porcelain arts from different dynasties, precious jade ornaments, paintings & Buddha statues can be counter reviewed by the family letter between Mr.WenShi Liang and Miss. Yuan Liang. These very important and rare collections from both of them were putting together and made their house in Chicago became a private museum; they are together with Mr. & Mrs. Gold until they passed away.