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׼ ර A YELLOW JADE 'BIRD AND FLOWERS' POMANDER AND COVER, ؇ ڡ A YELLOWISH-CELADON JADE 'TWIN-BIRD' PENDANT,
͗ MING DYNASTY մ ͗ EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
ڀ fashioned in the form of a silk purse with gathered pleats, carved in low relief on one side with a bird in a lotus pond, the other side ᕐ the flat plaque with a slightly convex surface, carved on both sides in the form of two confronted birds in an upright position, the birds

௢ adorned with sprigs of aster flowers, the neck set with two small apertures for attachment, the smoothly polished stone of a yellowish- ௢ depicted with stylised blade-shape wings, detailed with incised pupils and scrolling motifs to the bodies, vertically perforated at the
७ celadon tone with russet patches and white inclusions Җ centre where the beaks, chests and talons meet
4.8 by 7cm
4.3 by 4.5 cm
ஃ भ
PROVENANCE Ը๕j PROVENANCE Ը๕j
̍ Chung Wah Pui, Hong Kong, 6th April 1993. ᒤശ੃d࠰ಥd1993ϋ4˜6˚ Collection of Alfred F. Pillsbury, Minneapolis. Alfred F. Pillsbury ϗᔛd׼̵ڛتл౶
ό EXHIBITED ࢝ᚎj Collection of Mr and Mrs William and Charlotte McKim, Palm William ʿ Charlotte McKim ͸ᙨϗᔛdಅᖈᛉdНᖯԢ༺ψ
Beach, Florida.
࠰ British Museum, London, on loan, 1995 and 2002-15. ɽߵ௹ي᎜dࡐ౱d࠾࢝d1995ʿ2002-15ϋ Sotheby's New York, 2nd November 1979, lot 7. ॲߒᘽబˢ1979ϋ11˜2˚dᇜ໮7
LITERATURE ࢝ᚎj
ଷ ̈وj EXHIBITED
Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, An Exhibition of Chinese Archaic Jades, Norton Gallery of Art, An Exhibition of Chinese Archaic Jades‘dፕ཭ߕஔ᎜d
London, 1995, pl. 25:33. ᖯಌdChinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing‘d ГಅᖈᛉdНᖯԢ༺ψd1950ϋ
ࡐ౱d1995ϋdྡو25:33 West Palm Beach, Florida, 1950. ʕ਷͗ᎉ‘d࠰ಥᖵஔ᎜d࠰ಥd1983ϋ
HK$ 50,000-70,000 Chinese Jade Carving, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong,
1983. ɽߵ௹ي᎜dࡐ౱d࠾࢝d1995ϋ
US$ 6,400-9,000
British Museum, London, on loan, 1995. ̈وj
LITERATURE An Exhibition of Chinese Archaic Jades, arranged for Norton
An Exhibition of Chinese Archaic Jades, arranged for Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida‘dጅٿᓈdॲߒd
Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, C.T. Loo, inc., New York, 1950ϋdྡوXXIV:3
1950, pl. XXIV:3. ໢່dʕ਷͗ᎉ‘d࠰ಥᖵஔ᎜d࠰ಥd1983ϋdᇜ໮83
Ip Yee, Chinese Jade Carving, Hong Kong, 1983, cat. no. 83. ᖯಌdChinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing‘dࡐ౱d
Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, 1995ϋdࠫ272dྡو17:15
London, 1995, pl. 17:15.

HK$ 200,000-300,000
US$ 25,500-38,300

100 I FOR COMPLETE CATALOGUING ༉းྡ፽ʫ࢙ሗᓭᚎ SOTHEBYS.COM/HK1293 THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF THE LATE SIR JOSEPH HOTUNG I 101