HOTUNG | 何東 The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung | Part II: Day
HOTUNG | 何東 The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung | Part II: Day
Auction Closed
December 8, 05:58 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A mottled grey and black jade figure of a foreigner, Yuan dynasty
元 玉胡人戯獅
carved standing, his arms raised to his right shoulder holding a dog, wearing a hooded cloak over his long robes, the stone of variegated grey and black tone
Height 10.9 cm, 4¼ in.
Christie's New York, 19th March 2008, lot 434.
紐約佳士得2008年3月19日,編號434
A smaller (4cm in height), yellow and russet jade figure of a foreigner riding an elephant, from the Peony Collection, included in the exhibition Jades from China, The Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, 1994, cat. no. 226, was sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 27th November 2020, lot 543. Later examples include a slightly smaller greenish-yellow and russet jade figure of a foreigner, attributed to the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), sold at Christie's New York, 19th March 2008, lot 418 and most recently in our Hong Kong rooms, 9th October 2022, lot 172, also from the collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung.