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PROPERTY FROM A JAPANESE PRIVATE COLLECTION

3167

A SMALL AGATE PROVENANCE
‘CHRYSANTHEMUM’ BOX AND
COVER The Hosokawa Family Collection

QING DYNASTY (1644-1911) LITERATURE

The cover is carved with a central circular Hosokawa Morisada, Ittokuroku, Tokyo,
hatched roundel from which narrow 1982, pp. 239-240, pl. 110

chrysanthemum petals radiate. The box is

carved with similar petals. The translucent

stones is of pale creamy tones, with very

small caramel inclusions.
3167 2 º in. (5.7 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box 䳘ⶅ⭞㕷䍵啷

HK$40,000-60,000 䳘ⶅ嬟屆炻˪ᶨ⼿抬˫炻㜙Ṕ炻1982炻
US$5,200-7,800 239-240枩炻⚾110

PROPERTY FROM A JAPANESE PRIVATE COLLECTION

3168

A SOAPSTONE CARVING OF CHI DRAGONS

QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)

The stone is well carved in high relief with four intertwining chi dragons
with bi-furcated horns and tails playing amidst wispy clouds. Their young is
carved out of the black part of the stone grasping a stem in its mouth.
3 ¿ in. (7.9 cm.) wide, Japanese wood box

HK$120,000-180,000 US$16,000-23,000

PROVENANCE

A Japanese private collection, formed during the 1950s and 1960s

3168

㖍㛔䥩Ṣ㓞啷炻℞⺢䩳㕤1950⸜ẋ军1960⸜ẋ

PROPERTY FROM A JAPANESE PRIVATE COLLECTION

3169

A WHITE JADE CARVING OF A 䳘ⶅ⭞㕷䍵啷
BASKET AND COVER
䳘ⶅ嬟屆炻˪ᶨ⼿抬˫炻㜙Ṕ炻1982炻
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911) ⚾104

The jade is carved as a basket, decorated
with cross-hatched designs containing
wan emblems. The rim is set with a pair
of cloud-shaped rings connected with
a ‘U’-shaped loose handle. The semi-
translucent stone is of an even white tone.
2 in. (5.2 cm.) wide, Japanese wood box

HK$40,000-60,000
US$5,200-7,800

3169 PROVENANCE

166 The Hosokawa Family Collection

LITERATURE

Hosokawa Morisada, Ittokuroku, Tokyo,
1982, pl. 104