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อ ͗ A GREEN JADE DISC, BI,
ͩ ᓴ NEOLITHIC PERIOD
ኜ of a slightly irregular circular shape and with uneven thickness, pierced with a wide central aperture, marked on one side with a grooved

ࣛ indent
˾ 23.1 cm
PROVENANCE Ը๕j
K.M. Siu & Co., Hong Kong, 15th February 1988. 䥊๕Бd࠰ಥd1988ϋ2˜15˚
EXHIBITED ࢝ᚎj
British Museum, London, on loan, 1995.
ɽߵ௹ي᎜dࡐ౱d࠾࢝d1995ϋ
LITERATURE
̈وj
Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing,
London, 1995, pl. 7:7. ᖯಌdChinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing‘dࡐ
౱d1995ϋdྡو7:7
HK$ 80,000-120,000
US$ 10,200-15,300

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ဏ ڡ A LARGE CELADON JADE PENDANT, HUANG,
͗ HAN DYNASTY

ჾ each side finely incised with a mythical creature with an undulating body, the hybrid animal rendered with a bird-like head and a dragon-
௢ form body, its head turns sharply backwards, its body depicted with clawed legs and feather-like curling fins, the principal side detailed
७ with an additional bird-head two thirds along the length of the body
24.3 cm
ዺ
PROVENANCE Ը๕j
Ku Ngar Antique Ltd, Hong Kong, 18th April 1991. ̚ඩტd࠰ಥd1991ϋ4˜18˚
EXHIBITED ࢝ᚎj
British Museum, London, on loan, 1995.
ɽߵ௹ي᎜dࡐ౱d࠾࢝d1995ϋ
LITERATURE
̈وj
Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing,
London, 1995, pl. 17:7. ᖯಌdChinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing‘d
ࡐ౱d1995ϋdྡو17:7
HK$ 200,000-300,000
US$ 25,500-38,300

108 I FOR COMPLETE CATALOGUING ༉းྡ፽ʫ࢙ሗᓭᚎ SOTHEBYS.COM/HK1293 THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF THE LATE SIR JOSEPH HOTUNG I 109