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Lot 77
A rare and large Chinese archaic bronze ritual drinking vessel, Hu, Warring States period 5th-3rd century B.C., carved in relief with three registers of ancestral figure scenes of sacrifice, worship and hunting, taotie mask ring handles, brown patina with areas of malachite and cuprite encrustation, approx. 50cm high, repairsLiterature:see Jessica Rawson, Chinese Bronzes: Art and Ritual, British Museum Press, 1987, Fig. 28e with an illustration of a smaller bronze Hu vessel in the Palace Museum Beijing decorated with similar figure scenes.A bronze fanghu (square wine vessel) decorated in the same style but with an inlay technique around the decoration is in the Rietberg Museum, accession no. RCH9A and is illustrated in the Museum Rietberg Zurich Museum Guide, Zurich, 2000, p. 75, fig. 59.A fanghu of this type and style with pictorial decoration in flat relief restricted to three horizontal registers, now without any of the background inlay material remaining, in the National Palace Museum, is illustrated in Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Shang and Chou Dynasty Bronze Wine Vessels, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1989, p. 217, plate 77. A third, smaller fanghu decorated in the same technique with silhouetted figures and animals in flat relief shown in various hunting scenes, also now lacking the inlay material which filled the background, in the Freer Gallery of Art, is illustrated by Lawton in Chinese Art of the Warring States Period, Change and Continuity 480-222 B.C., Washington D.C., 1982, p. 33, no. 5The decoration is similar to scenes carved on to later Eastern Han dynasty stone tomb reliefs such as The Wu Family Ancestral Shrine found on the north of Wuzhai Mountain in Zhifang Township, Jiaxiang County of Shandong Province, China.
Lot 79
A rare Chinese archaic white and yellow jade ornament, probably Eastern Zhou dynasty, of domed elliptical form, the centre incised with elongated scrolls and the border carved in relief with C and S-scrolls and 'feathered' scrolls, the underside with raised stud, the white stone altered to yellow in places with large brown and russet striations, 11.5cm together with an archaic white and grey mottled jade 'bird' ornament or finial, possibly Shang dynasty, 9cm (2)Literature:see the book published for 'An Exhibition Organised by The Arts Council of Great Britain and The Oriental Ceramic Society, 1st May-22nd June 1975, Victoria & Albert Museum, Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages' for Eastern Zhou dynasty ornaments with similar relief carved scrolls filled with 'feathers'. Plate 91 illustrates a jade yuan ring in the Art Institute of Chicago, Sonnenschein Collection, and plate 147 an ear ornament from the collection of Dr & Mrs Cheng Te-K'un with similar C and S-scroll decoration and dated to the Eastern Zhou dynasty.
Lot 149
A Chinese pale celadon jade two handled cup, 17th / 18th century, carved in low relief to each side with a seated scholar beneath a pine tree with lingzhi and the other side beneath a prunus tree with a crane, scrolled handles, circular foot, the stone of even tone with some white inclusions, 10.3cmFrom the collection of a Hong Kong Tea Merchant who worked for Jardine Matheson & Co Ltd, before 1940.
Lot 150
A Chinese pale celadon jade jar and cover, 19th / early 20th century, of plain form, the domed cover with button finial, the stone of even tone with some white speckling, height 7.8cm, two colour wood standFrom the collection of a Hong Kong Tea Merchant who worked for Jardine Matheson & Co Ltd, before 1940.
Lot 151
A Chinese white and grey jade brushwasher, 16th / 17th century, carved in high relief and openwork with lotus leaves, flowers and scrolling tendrils, the stone with russet and black inclusions, length 11.3cmFrom the collection of a Hong Kong Tea Merchant who worked for Jardine Matheson & Co Ltd, before 1940.
Lot 154
A Chinese white jade plaque, 19th century, one side carved in relief with a sage in a landscape, the reverse with a fourteen character inscription, the stone of good even tone with a slight hint of russet to one corner, 6cmFrom the collection of a Hong Kong Tea Merchant who worked for Jardine Matheson & Co Ltd, before 1940.
Lot 157
A Chinese celadon and russet jade figure of a recumbent bird, Ming dynasty, with detail to the feathers on its wings and tail, and its feet carved underneath, the celadon stone with a russet skin in patches, length 6.4cm, slight edge chipsFrom the collection of a Hong Kong Tea Merchant who worked for Jardine Matheson & Co Ltd, before 1940.
Lot 159
A Chinese pale celadon and russet jade figure of a tree shrew or squirrel, 18th / 19th century, eating and clambering on a fruiting vine, its body carved in low relief with scrolling tendrils, the stone of even tone with russet patches to the squirrels head and some leaves, 6.6cm, tiny chips, later wood stand
Lot 166
A Chinese pale celadon jade 'phoenix' vessel, 18th / 19th century, carved in high relief and openwork with a flattened baluster vase and cover flanked by a pair of phoenix and lingzhi fungus, the stone with white and occasional russet inclusions, 10.5 x 14.5cm, original carved wood stand, slight faults
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