Lot 157. A jade trapezoidal plaque and a jade kneeling humanoid figure, Shang-Western Zhou dynasty (c. 1500-771 BC). Length of larger 7.3 cm, 2⅞ in. (2) Lot sold: 94,500 GBP (Estimate: 4,000 - 6,000 GBP). © 2022 Sotheby's.

one trapezoidal plaque carved with a taotie mask on one side, the reverse plain, with a biconical hole in the centre, the other carving depicting a humanoid figure, the reverse plain, pierced behind the head and through the knee.

Provenance: C.T. Loo, Inc., New York.
Collection of Frederick M. Mayer (until 1974).
Christie's London, 25th June 1974, lots 180 and 181.
Christie's New York, 24th March 2004, Lot 98.

Literature: Humanoid pendant: Alfred Salmony, Chinese Jade Through the Wei Dynasty, New York, 1963, pl. XII:1.

Na Zhiliang, Yuqi cidian [Dictionary of Chinese Jade], Taipei, 1982, pl. 2819.

Exhibited: An Exhibition of Chinese Archaic Jades, arranged for Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, C.T. Loo, Inc., New York, 1950, pls XXXI:2 and XXIX:10.

Sotheby's. HOTUNG | 何東 The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung | Part II: Day. London, 8 December 2022