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؇ ڡ AN ARCHAIC COPPER-INLAID BRONZE WINE VESSEL, HU, อ ڡ A CELADON JADE NOTCHED DISC,
մ ზ EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, WARRING STATES PERIOD ͩ ͗ LATE NEOLITHIC PERIOD - SHANG DYNASTY
኷ ల the rounded body surmounted by a waisted neck, flanked at the shoulder with a pair of zoomorphic masks suspending loose rings, the ኜ ˫ pierced with a wide central aperture, the outer edge carved with three pronounced notches forming three arcs

਷ ߎ body divided into three horizontal registers by three plain bands in low relief, each register cast with interlocking dragons in various ࣛ ᓴ 16 cm
ࣛ ზ orientations, all below a chevron band inlaid with copper sheet encircling the rim, the domed cover set with three abstract zoomorphic ˾ PROVENANCE Ը๕j
finials
ಂ ᔦ overall h. 35.1 cm ૉ P.C. Lu & Sons, Ltd, Hong Kong, 6th July 1987. ኁˤ˨ɿϞࠢʮ̡d࠰ಥd1987ϋ7˜6˚
⸷ PROVENANCE ಂ EXHIBITED ࢝ᚎj
British Museum, London, on loan, 1995.
७ Wui Po Kok Antique Co., Hong Kong, 10th June 1991. Ї LITERATURE ɽߵ௹ي᎜dࡐ౱d࠾࢝d1995ϋ
డ HK$ 300,000-500,000 ਠ Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, ̈وj
US$ 38,300-64,000 London, 1995, pl. 8:2. ᖯಌdChinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing‘d
ࡐ౱d1995ϋdྡو8:2
HK$ 100,000-150,000
Ը๕j US$ 12,800-19,200
ිᘒტ̚ߕஔd࠰ಥd1991ϋ6˜10˚

48 I FOR COMPLETE CATALOGUING ༉းྡ፽ʫ࢙ሗᓭᚎ SOTHEBYS.COM/HK1293 THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF THE LATE SIR JOSEPH HOTUNG I 49