Kuan Yi Ju Collection

Lot 43. A white jade 'bird' pendant, Late Shang–Western Zhou dynasty; 5.6 cm. Estimate: 100,000 - 120,000 HKD. Lot sold: 441,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. depicted with a sharp beak and large bulging eyes, the body rendered with an elongated tail. Property from the Kuan Yi Ju Collection. Provenance: Acquired in Beijing, April 1943, from Huang Jun (Huang Bochuan, 1880-1952), owner of Zunguzhai (according to Max Loehr's notes). Collection of Prof. Max Loehr (1903-1988). J.J.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 34. Two jade ornaments, Eastern Zhou–Western Han dynasty; 5.1 and 4.9 cm. Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 HKD. Lot sold: 1,008,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. the first of a hollow tapering form and incised on each side with double-line interlocking scrollwork, the other with a shaped tapering form and worked on two sides with taotie masks and scrollwork, the flat top surmounted by a rounded finial. Property from the Kuan Yi Ju Collection. Provenance: C.T. Loo & Co., New York... [Lire la suite]

 Lot 33. A yellow jade 'parrot' plaque, Late Shang dynasty; 12.7 cm. Estimate: 150,000 - 200,000 HKD. Lot sold: 277,200 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. the warm yellow stone of flat arc form and rendered in openwork, depicted with a tall double-crest above a protruding beak, each side of the body worked in low relief with scrollwork. Property from the Kuan Yi Ju Collection. Provenance: The Hei-Chi Collection. Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8th April 2010, lot 2012. Literature: Jiang Tao and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 13. A celadon jade ancestor mask, Neolithic period, Shijiahe culture (2500–2000 BC); 6.5 cm. Estimate: 800,000- 1,000,000 HKD. Lot sold: 1,449,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. skilfully and subtly worked in relief on one side of the openwork plaque to depict an anthropomorphic face, the eyes rendered powerful and large above a mouth revealing its teeth. Property from the Kuan Yi Ju Collection. Note : This remarkable, crisply carved plaque represents one of the exceedingly rare jade... [Lire la suite]

Lot 6. A yellow jade 'dragon' pendant, heng, Warring States Period (475–221 BC); 11.8 cm. Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 HKD. Lot sold: 302,400 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. of flat arc form with each end worked to depict a dragon's head, each flat side worked with raised bosses, pierced through at the centre for suspension, the stone of a warm yellowish-beige colour with russet patches. Property from the Kuan Yi Ju Collection. Exhibited: Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, c. 2005 (label). ... [Lire la suite]