HOTUNG | 何東 The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung: Part 1 | Day
HOTUNG | 何東 The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung: Part 1 | Day
A yellowish-celadon jade 'twin-bird' pendant, Eastern Zhou dynasty | 東周 青玉雙鳥形珮
Auction Closed
October 9, 07:30 AM GMT
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 HKD
Lot Details
Description
A yellowish-celadon jade 'twin-bird' pendant,
Eastern Zhou dynasty
東周 青玉雙鳥形珮
the flat plaque with a slightly convex surface, carved on both sides in the form of two confronted birds in an upright position, the birds depicted with stylised blade-shape wings, detailed with incised pupils and scrolling motifs to the bodies, vertically perforated at the centre where the beaks, chests and talons meet
4.3 by 4.5 cm
Collection of Alfred F. Pillsbury, Minneapolis.
Collection of Mr and Mrs William and Charlotte McKim, Palm Beach, Florida.
Sotheby's New York, 2nd November 1979, lot 7.
Alfred F. Pillsbury 收藏，明尼阿波利斯
William 及 Charlotte McKim 伉儷收藏，棕櫚灘，佛羅里達州
紐約蘇富比1979年11月2日，編號7
An Exhibition of Chinese Archaic Jades, arranged for Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, C.T. Loo, inc., New York, 1950, pl. XXIV:3.
Ip Yee, Chinese Jade Carving, Hong Kong, 1983, cat. no. 83.
Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pl. 17:15.
《An Exhibition of Chinese Archaic Jades, arranged for Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida》，盧芹齋，紐約，1950年，圖版XXIV:3 葉義，《中國玉雕》，香港藝術館，香港，1983年，編號83 羅森，《Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing》，倫敦，1995年，頁272，圖版17:15