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Property of an English Lady

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The Collection was formed in the 1970’s and continued until 2018. The sources varied but amongst
them were the renowned dealers Spink & Sons, S. Marchant & Son, Gerard Hawthorn Oriental Art,
and Roger Keverne Ltd., in London and Ralph M. Chait and Alan Hartman Rare Art in New York.
Many trophies were acquired at the numerous art fairs in Europe, America and Asia. Provenance was
always a driving force behind purchases. This small group of items displays the exquisite taste and
extraordinary eyes of the collector and mentors.

PROPERTY OF AN ENGLISH LADY
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A GROUP OF SIX GREY, CREAM AND CELADON JADE Alan Hartman, Rare Art, New York, 1982
FIGURES OF LUOHANS
Ming-Qing Dyansty E.H. Williams, Palm Beach
Comprising four individual figures of standing elderly robed luohan
and two paired figures of younger acolytes, the figures variously 来源
gesticulating or with hands held under their sleeves, some with areas Alan Hartman, Rare Art, 紐約, 1982年
of calcification. E.H. Williams, 佛羅里達棕櫚灘
4 1/4in (10.8cm) high (6).
For a very similar partially-calcified single figure, see Transactions
of the Oriental Ceramic Society, 1973-74/1974-75, London, 1976,
$5,000 - 7,000 in a special edition for the exhibition ‘Chinese Jade throughout the
ages’, organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain and The Oriental
明至清 玉雕羅漢像六件 Ceramic Society at the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1st May - 22nd
June 1975, p. 114, no. 380.

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