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ဏ ͗ A JADE 'ANIMAL' BELT HOOK,
ᖕ HAN DYNASTY
࠯ the terminal in a simplified form of an animal head, the arced shaft with angular contours, adorned with two thick horizontal bands with

੭ raised ribs, the reverse with a tab for attachment, the stone of a translucent sage-green tone streaked with grey inclusions
ན 8 by 2.3 by 2.2 cm
PROVENANCE Ը๕j
Galaxie Art & Gift Co., Hong Kong, 15th March 1986. ྗᖵʈᖵۜϞࠢʮ̡d࠰ಥd1986ϋ3˜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. 22:3. ᖯಌdChinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing‘d
ࡐ౱d1995ϋdྡو22:3
HK$ 30,000-50,000
US$ 3,850-6,400

Two jade similarly modelled garment hooks with angular contours,
attributed to the Warring States period and the Han dynasty
respectively, are in the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian
Institution, Washington DC, accession nos S2012.9.1068 and
S1987.716.

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อ Έ A JADE CONG,
ͩ ९ NEOLITHIC PERIOD - ZHOU DYNASTY
ኜ ͗ softly polished, of low square form with plain straight sides, centred with a cylindrical perforation, the stone of a warm yellowish-celadon

ࣛ ∑ tone with caramel-brown inclusions
˾ 7.3 by 7.3 by h. 2.8 cm
PROVENANCE Ը๕j
Ї
P.C. Lu & Sons, Ltd, Hong Kong, 11th November 1987. ኁˤ˨ɿϞࠢʮ̡d࠰ಥd1987ϋ11˜11˚
մ 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. 7:5. ᖯಌdChinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing‘d
ࡐ౱d1995ϋdྡو7:5
HK$ 20,000-30,000
US$ 2,550-3,850

148 I FOR COMPLETE CATALOGUING ༉းྡ፽ʫ࢙ሗᓭᚎ SOTHEBYS.COM/HK1293 THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF THE LATE SIR JOSEPH HOTUNG I 149