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อ ڡ A PAIR OF GREENISH-YELLOW JADE ELONGATED BEADS, ׼ ڡ A GREENISH-YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE FIGURE OF
ͩ ර NEOLITHIC PERIOD, HONGSHAN CULTURE ර A FOREIGNER,
ኜ ͗ with gentle convex softly polished sides and flat ends, the slightly off-centre perforations drilled from both ends, the warm yellowish ͗ MING DYNASTY

ࣛ ၍ stone with natural inclusions and veining ߡ the bearded foreigner standing with legs crossed, his left arm bent behind his head, holding a brocade ball to tease a young lion cub
h. 3.5 and 3.6 cm
˾ ɓ ɛ clambering up his right leg, wearing a conical hat and a long-sleeved tunic tied with a wide sash around the waist over a buttoned shirt,
ߎ ࿁ PROVENANCE Ը๕j Ꮥ pierced with an aperture running between the chin and the brocade ball
9 cm
Galaxie Art & Gift Co., Hong Kong, 1st April 1993. ྗᖵʈᖵۜϞࠢʮ̡d࠰ಥd1993ϋ4˜1˚
ʆ EXHIBITED ࢝ᚎj ๸ PROVENANCE Ը๕j
˖ British Museum, London, on loan, 1995. ɽߵ௹ي᎜dࡐ౱d࠾࢝d1995ϋ Christie's New York, 19th March 2008, lot 418. ॲߒԳɻ੻2008ϋ3˜19˚dᇜ໮418
ʷ LITERATURE ̈وj Eskenazi Ltd, London, 2008. ࡾ౶̔ॶᄁdࡐ౱d2008ϋ
Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, HK$ 200,000-300,000
London, 1995, pl. 1:7. ᖯಌdChinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing‘d
ࡐ౱d1995ϋdྡو1:7 US$ 25,500-38,300
HK$ 20,000-30,000
US$ 2,550-3,850

120 I FOR COMPLETE CATALOGUING ༉းྡ፽ʫ࢙ሗᓭᚎ SOTHEBYS.COM/HK1293 THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF THE LATE SIR JOSEPH HOTUNG I 121