Lot 923, A small pale greyish greenish-white jade ring, huan, Western Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 8). Estimate USD 10,000 ~ 15,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016.

Each side is crisply carved with a field of comma spirals between raised plain borders at the inner and outer edges. The semi-translucent stone is well-polished and has opaque ivory-colored alteration on one side and patches of the same alteration and some brown alteration on the reverse. 2 ¼ in. (5.7 cm.) diam., box

Provenance: B. K .Wong, Hong Kong, 24 May 1987.

Literature: Nicole De Bisscop, Chinese Jade and Scroll Paintings from the Dongxi Collection, Brussels, 1995, p. 51, no. 23.

Exhibited: Chinese Jade and Scroll Paintings from the Dongxi Collection, Kredietbank, Brussels, 25 October - 17 December 1995; Kredietbank Luxembourg, 1 February - 13 April 1996, no. 23.

Notes: Compare the similar huan of slightly larger size (7.45 cm.) illustrated in A Catalogue of the National Palace Museum's Special Exhibition of Circular Jade, Taipei, 1995, p. 117, no. 72. See, also, the example that appears to be carved from similar yellowish jade, of slightly smaller size (5 cm.), in the collection of Dr. Ip Yee, illustrated in Chinese Jade Carving, Urban Council, Hong Kong, 1983, no. 99.

Christie's. DONGXI STUDIO- IMPORTANT CHINESE JADE AND HARDSTONE CARVINGS FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, 17 March 2016, New York, Rockefeller Plaza