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Henry Vollam Morton (1892 - 1979) The Property of a Lady 女士藏品

62 The following lots 62 - 66 are from the
78 | Bonhams collection of Henry Canova Vollam Morton,
FRSL, better known as H.V. Morton (1892-
1979), a journalist and pioneer travel writer
who famously was the Daily Express
correspondent during the coverage of the
opening of the Tomb of Tutankhamun by
Howard Carter in Egypt.
Thence by direct descent and bequest to
the present owner.
以下拍品（拍品編號62-66）為 Henry Canova
Vollam Morton舊藏。
Henry Canova Vollam Morton, 或稱FRSL, 更為人
熟知為 H.V. Morton (1892-1979)，是英國《每日快
報》的新聞記者及旅遊作家先驅，曾報導過埃及圖
坦卡門陵墓的發掘而極負盛名。

此收藏後由家族繼承，並遺贈給現藏家

62 *

A green jade three-tiered box and cover
19th century
Each of the three tiers incised on each side with five stylised shou
characters in a row, the cover similarly carved on the sides and the
top surface with twenty stylised shou characters enclosed within a
key-fret border.
Overall 6cm (2 3/8in) high (4).
£2,000 - 3,000
HK$25,000 - 37,000
CNY20,000 - 29,000

十九世紀 綠玉雕壽字紋三層蓋盒

63 *

A rock crystal ‘three rams’ group
18th/19th century
The clear gleaming stone carved as a recumbent ram with two long
curling horns and smiling mouth, one lamb reclining on the larger
ram’s back while a second lamb rests behind its left haunch, wood
stand.
8.5cm (3 3/8in) long (2).
£4,000 - 6,000
HK$50,000 - 75,000
CNY39,000 - 59,000
十八/十九世紀 水晶雕三羊擺件
The image of the sheep or goat, 羊 yang, appeared as early as
the Han Dynasty as a pun for 祥 xiang meaning ‘auspicious’ or
‘lucky’. By the Qing period, the image of sheep had become heavily
associated with 陽 yang, meaning the sun, and the warm, positive or
masculine force in Chinese cosmology.
The sheep imagery then developed into three sheep, 三羊 sanyang,
often with three boys 三陽 sanyang, as a reference to the favourable
arrival of spring, since the phrase 三陽開泰 sanyang kai tai, refers to
the period between the winter solstice and the New Year. This was
the period when the warm yang energy is emergent, as detailed in
the ancient Chinese classic the Yijing, or Book of Changes.