珀西瓦尔·大维德爵士(sir Percival Victor David)(公元一八九二~一九六四年)是二十世纪上半叶最杰出的中国瓷器藏家(图一)。他出生于印度孟买一个颇有名望的犹太裔家庭,是萨森·大维德爵士(Sir Sassoon Jacob Hai David)(公元一八四九~一九一六年)和汉娜·萨森(Hannah Sassoon)(公元一八五七~一九二一年)夫妇的长子。萨森和大维德均是印度的犹太裔望族,最初来自伊拉克,自十八世纪后期和十九世纪开始定居在孟买。他们通过经营银行业、纺织业以及鸦片获 Sir Percival Victor David (1892-1964) was the most prominent Chinese porcelain collector in the first half of the twentieth century (Figure 1). Born in Mumbai, India, a prestigious Jewish family, Sir Sassoon Jacob Hai David (1849-1916) and Hannah Sassoon (1857 ~ 1921 AD) The eldest son of a couple. Both Sarsen and Dawide are Indian Jewish ethnic groups originally from Iraq who settled in Mumbai since the late eighteenth century and the nineteenth century. They are acquired through banking, textiles and opium