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Sir Percival David, 2nd Baronet

British financier, scholar and collector of Chinese ceramics (1892-1964) · Investors · Died at 72

Sir Percival Victor David Ezekiel David, 2nd Baronet was a Bombay-born British financier who is best known as a scholar and collector of Chinese ceramics.

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Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society London
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries
Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts

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His collection of Chinese ceramics in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art is regarded as the world's most important single collection outside of the palace collections in China and Taiwan. He also formed a collection of Chinese stamps and postal history that has been evaluated as one of the greatest ever assembled.

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Category
Investors
Type
Investor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1892 to 1964 · aged 72