Sale 2915
Hong Kong, HKCEC Grand Hall
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30 May 2012
THE PROPERTY OF AN ASIAN PRIVATE COLLECTOR
Price realised
HKD 37,500
Estimate
A CIRCULAR PALE CELADON JADE WEIGHT QING DYNASTY (1644-1911) Carved as a flattened circular bi disc, the weight is carved around the slightly rounded sides with archaic S-scrolls. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) wide, box
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Pre-Lot Text
Explore an extraordinary range of Asian art, from a bronze ritual gui, previously in the collection of the Qianlong Emperor, to South Asian Modernist paintings
Chinese Works of Art specialist Olivia Hamilton reckons these two superb sculptures — around 1,300 years old — are among ‘the finest I've seen come up for sale‘
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Offered on 6 December in London, Anthony van Dyck’s Portrait of Princess Mary, Daughter of King Charles I of England