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׼ ͣ A RETICULATED WHITE JADE 'BIRD AND FLOWERS' PLAQUE, ؇ ͗ A SMALL JADE CARVING OF TWIN FEMALE DANCERS,
͗ MING DYNASTY մ ᎉ EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, WARRING STATES PERIOD
ᗨ of rectangular form, finely reticulated with a crested bird stretching its wings amongst large sprays of flowers and foliage, the plumage ኷ ᕐ modelled as a pair of conjoined female figures, their hands clasped in front of the chests, depicted with incised facial features and

ᎉ detailed with cross-hatching and striations, all framed within a border of indented circles ਷ ɛ striated hair tied at the back, dressed in waisted robes detailed with cross-hatched triangular motifs, all between a horizontal bar with a
߈ 5.6 by 6.6 by 0.5 cm ࣛ ུ median groove and an upside-down animal mask, vertically perforated at the centre
3.7 cm
ڀ PROVENANCE Ը๕j ಂ
Pin Chen Tang, Hong Kong, 18th February 1993. ۜޜੀd࠰ಥd1993ϋ2˜18˚ PROVENANCE Ը๕j
௢ R.H. Ellsworth Ltd, New York, 21st December 1987.
EXHIBITED ࢝ᚎj τܠჃdॲߒd1987ϋ12˜21˚
७ British Museum, London, on loan, 1995. EXHIBITED ࢝ᚎj
ɽߵ௹ي᎜dࡐ౱d࠾࢝d1995ϋ
੭ LITERATURE ̈وj British Museum, London, on loan, 1995. ɽߵ௹ي᎜dࡐ౱d࠾࢝d1995ϋ
ؐ Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, ᖯಌdChinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing‘d LITERATURE ̈وj
London, 1995, pl. 25:24.
Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing,
ࡐ౱d1995ϋdྡو25:24 London, 1995, pl. 19:3. ᖯಌdChinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing‘d
HK$ 40,000-60,000 ࡐ౱d1995ϋdྡو19:3
US$ 5,100-7,700 HK$ 100,000-150,000
US$ 12,800-19,200

104 I FOR COMPLETE CATALOGUING ༉းྡ፽ʫ࢙ሗᓭᚎ SOTHEBYS.COM/HK1293 THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF THE LATE SIR JOSEPH HOTUNG I 105