David Killen Gallery
is excited to represent a very special auction of the Chinese Porcelain
and Art Collection of Dr. Guillermo Rico, MD
May 7th at 10am
DavidKillenGallery.com
110 West 25th Street, NYC 10001

NEW YORK CITY — The sale of the Chinese porcelain and art collection of Dr Guillermo Rico, MD, featuring a rare Eighteenth/Nineteenth Century famille rose cricket vase as well as the contents of Rico’s New York City apartment is scheduled for May 7 at David Killen Gallery.

Among the unusual items is a pair of Nineteenth Century porcelain vases, famille verte, a Nineteenth Century sang de boeuf vase, a group of blue and white Chinese porcelain vases, a Nineteenth Century covered coral glazed porcelain box with a receipt from Ian McLean, Hong Kong and New York, a Lalique Champs Elysees chandelier, a painting of a house by Paul Emile Pissaro, Japanese ceramics and jewelry. Many of the items have original receipts.

The collection includes an Eighteenth/Nineteenth Century famille rose cricket vase with decoration of floral enamels and several large crickets among the fauna. In China, crickets are a symbol of prosperity and abundance. They are considered good luck, since they are a good omen for farmers for a plentiful season’s crop.

Dr Rico, an anesthesiologist who was born in Colombia, South America, in 1931, graduated Universidad Nacional de Colombia Facultad de Medicina and completed his medical training in Lancaster General Hospital in Pennsylvania. He was working in the hospitals of Philadelphia and Boston as early as 1965, and in New York and Brooklyn by 1968. As his reputation grew, he settled into a large apartment overlooking the East River, in one of the United Nations area luxury towers. Later in life, he married Elena and raised two boys, Andres and Juan Felipe. Enjoying his success, he began to collect art, Chinese porcelains and objects to decorate his New York City apartment. Many of the works have original receipts, provenance and history.

David Killen Gallery is at 110 West 25th Street. For information, www.davidkillengallery.com or 646-590-2788.

212-426-0079
917-751-3323
646-590-2788
featuring a rare 18th/19th century
Famille Rose cricket vase
Most items will be uploaded a week before
on LiveAuctioneers.com
Preview: April 29 & 30 and by appointment
Among the fine and unusual items are a pair of 19th
century porcelain vases, Famille Verte, a 19th century
Sang de Boeuf vase, a group of blue and white
Chinese porcelain vases, a 19th century covered
coral glazed porcelain box with a receipt from Ian
McLean, Hong Kong and New York, a Lalique Champs
Elysees chandelier, a painting of a house by Paul
Emile Pissaro, Japanese ceramics and fine jewelry.
Many of the items have original receipts.
Chinese porcelain
Guillermo collection Important 19th century Chinese
Champs Elysses Lalique
chandelier
Paul Emile Pissarro
painting
Chinese coral glazed
19th century covered jar,
Dr. Guillermo Rico
collection
Cricket Vase 18th/19th century
est 5000 to 7000