Lot 3. A pale celadon jade bowl, Qing dynasty (1644-1911); 14.7 cm, 53⁄4 in. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 HKD. Lot sold 200,000 HKD (25,574 USD). © Sotheby's.

finely worked with deep rounded sides and a gently everted rim, supported on a short splayed foot and concave base, the smoothly polished stone of a pale golden-celadon colour with russet streaks; together with a Japanese seto ware tea caddy, finely potted with a spiralling base and slightly rounded sides, covered overall in an attractive olive brown glaze with a slight iridescence, the glaze stopping short above the foot revealing a dark grey stoneware, wood cover.

Provenance: jade bowl: 
Bluett & Sons, London (label).
jade bowl and tea caddy.
Collection of Emil Hultmark (1872-1943), and thence by descent in the family.

Exhibited: tea caddy:
Emil Hultmarks Samling [Emil Hultmark Collection], Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm, 1942, cat. no. 493.

Sotheby's. Chinese works of art from the Collection of Emil Hultmark, Hong Kong, 29 november 2018