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THE JOHN CHRISTOPHERSON COLLECTION OF CHINESE JADES
John Christopherson 先生珍藏中國玉器雕刻
The Property of a Lady 女士藏品
Lots 223 - 231
John Christopherson is known for his later career as 223
an artist, which only began in 1950, when he met FOUR ARCHAIC PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE SQUARE
Jacob Epstein and started to visit West End Galleries in CYLINDERS, CONG
London. In 1959 he resigned from the Civil Service and Neolithic, Longshan Culture and possibly later
became a full-time painter, known for small townscapes, All of square cross-section with rounded corners, carved with
exhibiting at the Leicester Galleries, the Marjorie Parr cylindrical apertures extending to form the rim and foot: two of pale-
Gallery, Agnews and England & Co. His last exhibition green tone with russet patches; one of light-amber tone with dark-
was a retrospective held in 1995 at the Woodlands brown veining; and of yellowish-green tone with cloudy inclusions.
Art Gallery in Blackheath. Christopherson was an avid The largest 6.7cm (2 5/8in) wide. (4 ).
letter writer, corresponding with a wide group of dealers
and fellow-collectors who shared his interest in art and £4,000 - 6,000
indeed in jade carvings. He visited the London auction CNY35,000 - 52,000
rooms as well as visiting Portobello Market regularly on
Saturdays and was known to produce his most recent 新石器時代 龍山文化及更晚 青玉帶皮琮 一組四件
purchase, often a Chinese early jade carving. By 1994
his illness prevented him from visiting central London. Provenance:
John Christopherson (1921-1996) collection of Chinese jades
An English private collection
來源：John Christopherson (1921-1996) 先生舊藏
英國私人收藏
For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.
