Lot 192. A miniature jade carving of a 'bottle horn', Shang dynasty or later; 2.6 cm. Lot sold: 327,600 HKD (Estimate: 60,000 - 15,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022

modelled in a form with a tapered shaft terminating in a small bud, resembling a bottled horn of a mythical beast, minimally incised in double lines suggesting two partially overlapping petals above a subtle ridge, the base perforated, the stone of a caramel brown colour.

Provenance: Christie's New York, 29th/30th November 1984, lot 411.

Literature: Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pl. 12:6.

Exhibited: British Museum, London, on loan, 1995.

Sotheby's. HOTUNG  The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung: Part 1, Hong Kong, 9 October 2022