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ဏ ͗ A JADE 'CHILONG AND CLOUDS' SCABBARD SLIDE, ဏ ზ A SILVER-INLAID BRONZE 'TIGER' WEIGHT,
⸷ HAN DYNASTY ፹ HAN DYNASTY
Ꮂ the flat top crisply carved in relief with a chilong with angular facial features, in stark contrast with its sinuous body writhing through ვ superbly cast as a coiled recumbent tiger, its head supported on its paw and resting on its rump, its neck adorned with a collar, its face

७ swirling clouds, the muscular limbs emitting flame wisps and terminating in sharp claws, the stone of a translucent yellowish celadon ᆵ detailed with a broad snout below oval-shaped eyes and large pointed ears, the details finely incised and with traces of silver inlay
ᄏ tone with areas of calcification ډ 6.5 by 7 by h. 4.6 cm
7.7 by 2.2 by 1 cm
璏 Җ PROVENANCE Ը๕j
PROVENANCE Ը๕j Bluett & Sons Ltd, London, 31st December 1985. Bluett & Sons Ltddࡐ౱d1985ϋ12˜31˚
Galaxie Art & Gift Co., Hong Kong, 3rd March 1986. ྗᖵʈᖵۜϞࠢʮ̡d࠰ಥd1986ϋ3˜3˚ ᕄ EXHIBITED ࢝ᚎj
EXHIBITED ࢝ᚎj Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Oriental Ceramic Society of ڡზၳߵjʕ਷̚˾ၾඈဧε౶ڡზኜ‘d࠰ಥ؇˙ௗନ
British Museum, London, on loan, 1995. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1990.
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LITERATURE LITERATURE
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Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, Jessica Rawson and Emma C. Bunker, Ancient Chinese and Ordos
London, 1995, pl. 21:16. ᖯಌdChinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing‘d Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1990, cat. no. 115. ᖯಌʿฌီgႷࣸdڡზၳߵjʕ਷̚˾ၾඈဧε౶ڡზኜ‘
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HK$ 60,000-80,000 HK$ 60,000-80,000
US$ 7,700-10,200 US$ 7,700-10,200

82 I FOR COMPLETE CATALOGUING ༉းྡ፽ʫ࢙ሗᓭᚎ SOTHEBYS.COM/HK1293 THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF THE LATE SIR JOSEPH HOTUNG I 83