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૶ ߯ ’ A FINE INCISED AUBERGINE-GLAZED SAUCER DISH, ૶ ͣ A WHITE JADE 'PHOENIX' CIRCULAR PLAQUE,
འ ͤ ɽ MARK AND PERIOD OF YONGZHENG ɤ ͗ QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
͍ ഓ ૶ delicately potted with shallow rounded sides rising from a straight foot, finely incised on the exterior with six fruiting pomegranates ɞ ྠ the flat plaque with a slightly convex principal side, rendered with a phoenix curled up in a roundel, its body with finely incised plumage,

ཊ འ borne on a continuous undulating foliate scroll, applied overall with a translucent soft aubergine glaze of purplish-grey tone and ˰ ჾ the other side detailed with a smaller bird shown in profile, the smoothly polished stone of even white colour with a faint russet vein
ฮ ͍ displaying a slightly iridescent sheen, the white base inscribed with a six-character mark within a double circle ߏ भ to its tail
d. 11.4 cm
5.2 cm
ڀ ϋ
PROVENANCE Ը๕j PROVENANCE Ը๕j
ᚂ Ⴁ The Hall Family Collection, coll. no. 374. ᎍဧ࢕ૄϗᔛdᇜ໮374 Spink & Son Ltd, London, 3rd June 1992. Spink & Son Ltddࡐ౱d1992ϋ6˜3˚
، “ Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 2nd May 2000, lot 531. ࠰ಥᘽబˢ2000ϋ5˜2˚dᇜ໮531 EXHIBITED ࢝ᚎj
Eskenazi Ltd, London, 2000. ࡾ౶̔ॶᄁdࡐ౱d2000ϋ
ͩ ಛ British Museum, London, on loan, 1995. ɽߵ௹ي᎜dࡐ౱d࠾࢝d1995ϋ
HK$ 200,000-300,000 LITERATURE
࿹ US$ 25,500-38,300 Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, ̈وj
७ London, 1995, pl. 25:36. ᖯಌdChinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing‘d
ࡐ౱d1995ϋdྡو25:36
ᆵ HK$ 60,000-80,000
US$ 7,700-10,200

28 I FOR COMPLETE CATALOGUING ༉းྡ፽ʫ࢙ሗᓭᚎ SOTHEBYS.COM/HK1293 THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF THE LATE SIR JOSEPH HOTUNG I 29