Ding Jiqian, also named Futian (1875-?) born in Beijing. In 1901, the general manager of the Qing government office Wen Suo contributed 9000 taels silver, Ding Jiqian opened the Yanqing Hall (延清堂) antique shop in Beijing Liulichang (琉璃廠), operating the Ming and Qing Dynasty imperial kiln precious porcelains. Guangxu 26 years (1900), after being drained some imperial palace imperial porcelain, the rare and precious cultural relics of the Jehol Palace (熱河行宮) has been stolen, Ding Jiqian sent people to Chengde, buy a lot of valuable imperial porcelain in the palace, one of the royal collection of Kangxi imperial cowpea red willow vase, langyaohong vase, Yongzheng kiln Famille rose, Doucai, etc. Ding Jiqian was bold, careful, and had the background of the internal affairs office. He was the first person who dared to do the Imperial Court porcelain business. Yanqing Hall (延清堂) was famous at home and abroad, and became the first Liulichang (琉璃廠) to identify and operate the Ming and Qing Court porcelain. In the early period of the Republic of China, Ding Jiqian had contacts with Xiong Xiling, Wang Shizhen and Liang Shiyi, who were officials in the imperial Academy of the Qing Court and then had important positions in the Republic of China. Yue Qianzhai, the manager of the Yanye Bank (鹽業銀行), was his good friend. In 1913, ‘theft and sale of Jehol Palace (熱河行宮) antiquities case’ happened, Ding Jiqian and others were involved in the case, Ding Jiqian said in court: ‘I was bought, not stolen’, the lawsuit was settled with some money. For details of ‘Theft and Sale of Jehol Palace (熱河行宮) Antiques’: THE PRESIDENT ORDERED THE STATE COUNCIL TO INVESTIGATE THE DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE THEFT OF ANCIENT OBJECTS FROM REHE PALACE from Rehe Palace (January 1914-January 1915), COLLECTED in the Second Historical Archives of China, Archives of the History of the People's Republic of China, No.3 Journal, pp. 213-219. Channels of Ding Jiqian for selling ancient porcelain business was wide and massive, with more customers, as well as continuous supply. Many of the best-known works of art collected by leading institutions such as the Yamanaka Chamber of Commerce and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as well as private collectors, were purchased from Yanqing Hall (延清堂). Such as: Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art - ‘statue of Maitreya’ Christie's Hong Kong 2002 Fall -- IMPORTANT CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART - LOT 611, Hammer Price: HKD$32,524,100 Ding Jiqian and a Belgian financier who was very fond of Qing Dynasty imperial porcelain became good friends. In 1924, Ding Jijian left Yanqing Hall (延清堂) and became the manager of the Belgium Bank in China. This auction session of many high-quality works of arts for our auction house after years of searching for fine arts. Our auction have been looking for the relevant art pieces for several years from many art institutions, private collectors who have also been attracted by artworks of Yanqing Hall (延清堂). Those collections are divided into central hall previously sold by Yanqing Hall (延清堂) in early Qing Dynasty, in addition, there are some of the stolen Jehol Palace antiquities, after being seized and going through the Yanqing Hall (延清堂) into the market of fine artworks.