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Lot 147. A white jade ring, Possibly Neolithic period, circa 3500-3000 BC. Width 4 cm, 1⅝ in. Lot sold: 52,920 GBP (Estimate: 800 - 1,200 GBP). © 2022 Sotheby's. Provenance: Galaxie Art & Gift Co., Hong Kong, 10th October 1988. Literature: Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pl. 1:6. Sotheby's. HOTUNG | 何東 The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung | Part II: Day. London, 8 December 2022

Lot 144. A greenish-yellow jade ring (Huan), Eastern Zhou dynasty, Spring and Autumn period. Diameter 2½ in., 6.5 cm. Estimate: 4,000 - 6,000 USD. Lot sold: 6,300 USD. © Sothebys. Provenance: Property of a Lady. Sotheby's London, 11th July 1967, lot 46. Collection of Dr Wou Kiuan (1910-1997). Wou Lien-Pai Museum, 1968-present, coll. no. E.8.17.   Sotheby's. A Journey Through China's History. The Dr Wou Kiuan Collection Part 1, New York, 22 March 2022

Lot 21. Five agate rings, Warring States period (475-221 BC); The largest, 21⁄4 in. (5.5 cm.). Estimate USD 2,000 - USD 3,000. Price Realised USD 1,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020 Of various tones, each ring tapers to the outer edge and some have beveled inner edges.Please note this lot is the property of a private individual. Provenance: The Irving Collection, New York, by 1987. Christie's. Art of China. Including Property from the Irving Collection. 18 Nov - 9 Dec 2020

Lot 20. Nine agate rings, Warring States period (475-221 BC); The largest, 21⁄2 in. (6.2 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. Price Realised USD 2,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020 Of various tones, each ring tapers to the outer edge and has beveled inner edges.Please note this lot is the property of a private individual. Provenance: The Irving Collection, New York, by 1987. Christie's. Art of China. Including Property from the Irving Collection. 18 Nov - 9 Dec... [Lire la suite]

Lot 19. Five agate rings, Warring States period (475-221 BC); The largest, 21⁄2 in. (6.4 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 2,000 - USD 3,000. Price Realised USD 1,625. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020 All are of varying sizes and with tapered outer edges and beveled inner edges.Please note this lot is the property of a private individual. Provenance: The Irving Collection, New York, by 1987. Christie's. Art of China. Including Property from the Irving Collection. 18 Nov - 9 Dec... [Lire la suite]

Lot 206. A yellow  jade ring, huan, Neolithic period (circa 6500-1700 BC); 6 in. (15.2 cm.) diam., box. Estimate 60,000 - HKD 80,000. Price realised HKD 137,500. © Christie’s Images Limited 2020. The Juyi Studio Collection. Provenance: E Yuan Tang Chinese Art, Taipei, acquired in 1985. Christie's. The Pavilion Sale Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 9 October 2020

Lot 205. A celadon and russet jade ring, huan, Neolithic period (circa 6500-1700 BC); 4¾ in. (12 cm.) diam., box. Estimate 60,000 - HKD 80,000. Price realised HKD 75,000. © Christie’s Images Limited 2020. The Juyi Studio Collection. Provenance: E Yuan Tang Chinese Art, Taipei, acquired in 1985. Christie's. The Pavilion Sale Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 9 October 2020

An archaic jade ring (huan), Eastern Zhou Dynasty, 4th-3rd Century B.C. Diameter 2 5⁄8 inches (6.7 cm). Price On Request. © 2020 J.J. Lally & Co., New York finely carved in relief on both sides with tiny comma-spiral shape ‘sprouting grain’ between narrow wedge-shape borders, the surface polished to a high gloss, the olive green translucent stone with dark brown mottling, with encrusted remains of cinnabar and earth from burial. J.J. Lally & Co. 41 East 57th Street, 14th Floor, New York... [Lire la suite]

Lot 207. A jade ring, Huan, Neolithic Period, Liangzhu Culture (c. 3300-2250 BC). Diameter 13.2 cm, 5⅜ in. Estimate: 6,000 - 8,000 GBP. Lot sold 22,500 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. the circular disc with a large central aperture, the smoothly polished opaque stone a soft ivory colour. Provenance: Collection of Baron and Baroness von Oertzen. Christie's London, 4th November 2008, lot 104. Literature: S. Howard Hansford, Jade. Essence of Hills and Streams, Johannesburg, 1969, p. 32, fig. A3. ... [Lire la suite]

Ring, China, Warring States Period (approx. 480-221 BCE). Nephrite. Diam. 1 7/16 in x D. 1/8 in, Diam. 3.65 cm x D. .32 cm. The Avery Brundage Collection, B60J569 © 2017 Asian Art Museum Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture.