HOTUNG | 何東 The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung | Part II: Day
HOTUNG | 何東 The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung | Part II: Day
A cylindrical jade 'taotie' bead, Shang dynasty | 商 饕餮紋玉管
Auction Closed
December 8, 05:58 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A cylindrical jade 'taotie' bead, Shang dynasty
商 饕餮紋玉管
of tubular form, slightly flared at one end, carved from extensively calcified pale green jade, carved in relief on the exterior with taotie heads
Length 3.8 cm, 1½ in.
Collection of Mr and Mrs Richard C. Bull.
Sotheby's New York, 6th December 1983, lot 151.
Richard C. Bull 伉儷收藏
紐約蘇富比1983年12月6日，編號151
Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pl. 14:2.
羅森，《Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing》， 倫敦，1995年，圖版14:2