2022.10.09
HOTUNG | 何東 The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung: Part 1 | Evening | | Sotheby's (sothebys.com)
HOTUNG | 何東 The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung: Part 1 | Evening | | Sotheby's
VIEW PDF CATALOGUE | 瀏覽電子圖錄The late Sir Joseph Hotung (1930-2021) was respected and revered in the art world for both his outstanding jade collection and his philanthropy. He embarked on a lifelong collector's journey following the chance purch
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An important and outstanding bronze male chimera, bixie, Han dynasty | 漢 青銅辟邪 (한 청동벽사)
Estimate: 6,000,000 - 8,000,000 HKD
Lot sold: 35,465,000 HKD
An important and outstanding bronze male chimera, bixie,
Han dynasty 漢 青銅辟邪
cast in a powerful striding stance, the right front leg stretched forward and the left hind leg extended, the thick paws slightly lifted off the ground exposing sharp claws, its head raised alertly and dominated by piercing eyes and furrowed brows, the ferocious horned beast portrayed with gaping jaws above a tuff of beard, the broad muscular body accentuated with elaborate scrollwork against a ground of swirls and hatching, flanked by feathery wings detailed with striations and terminating in a sinuous tail with feathery protrusions and tufts of fur, the back surmounted by a rectangular and a circular socket incised with concentric circles and triangles, the underside cast with male genitals
l. 27 cm, h. 18 cm
Provenance
L. Wannieck, Paris, 1924 or earlier.
Collection of Baron Adolphe Stoclet (1871-1949), Brussels, 1934 or earlier.
Collection of Madame Raymonde Féron-Stoclet (1897-1963), Brussels, and thence by descent.
Eskenazi Ltd, London, 25th March 2003.
L. Wannieck，巴黎，1924年或以前
阿道夫．斯托克萊特男爵（1871-1949年）收藏，布魯塞爾，1934年或以前
Raymonde Féron-Stoclet 夫人（1897-1963年）收藏，布魯塞爾，此後家族傳承
埃斯卡納齊，倫敦，2003年3月25日
Anonymous
Anonymous 無款 | Melon and Grasses 瓜草圖(과초도) 設色紙本
Estimate: 300,000 - 500,000 HKD
Lot sold: 5,166,000 HKD
Ming Dynasty, 16th dynasty, China
Anonymous
Melon and Grasses
ink and colour on paper, one album leaf, framed
unsigned, with six collector’s seals of Xiang Yuanbian (1525-1590), one collector’s seal of Shen Zhou (1427-1509), one collector’s seal of Wu Ting (ca. 1600), two collector’s seals (partially) of the Emperor Qianlong and three other collectors’ seals at the mounting
27 by 28.5 cm
An exceptional Junyao purple and blue-glazed tripod narcissus bowl, Early Ming dynasty | 明初 鈞窰葡萄紫釉鼓釘三足水仙盆 底刻「五」字 (명초 균요포도자유고정삼족수선분)
Estimate: 4,000,000 - 6,000,000 HKD
Lot sold: 14,895,000 HKD
An exceptional Junyao purple and blue-glazed tripod narcissus bowl,
Early Ming dynasty
明初 鈞窰葡萄紫釉鼓釘三足水仙盆 底刻「五」字
with shallow rounded sides curving down to a flat base supported on three gently flaring ruyi-shaped feet, bordered by a band of evenly spaced rounded studs between two raised ribs around the rim, and another band of studs above the feet, the well-proportioned body applied with a thick and opalescent glaze of an alluring purple-and-blue colouration, the interior with an even milky lavender-blue glaze with characteristic 'earthworm tracks' and accentuated with a wash of mottled purple, the rim and exterior with a vibrant purple glaze in tones of mauve, lavender and plum, thinning to a mushroom tone at the raised edges, the base covered with an olive-brown wash and inscribed with a numeral wu (five), surrounded by a neat ring of tiny spur marks revealing the pale buff stoneware body
w. 20.7 cm
An important and exceptionally painted blue and white 'fish' jar, guan, Yuan dynasty | 元 青花魚藻紋大罐(원 청화어조문 대관)
Estimate: 20,000,000 - 25,000,000 HKD
Lot sold: 39,700,000 HKD
An important and exceptionally painted blue and white 'fish' jar, guan,
Yuan dynasty
元 青花魚藻紋大罐
the sturdily-potted baluster body rising from a spreading foot to a short straight neck with a lipped rim, superbly painted around the body in vibrant cobalt blue with four fishes swimming in a pond amidst large blooming lotus flowers and various aquatic plants, the lively scene detailed with two butterflies hovering above, the neck encircled with cresting waves painted with calligraphic precision, the rounded shoulder with large peony blooms borne on a continuous leafy scroll, with the blooms alternating in frontal and profile views, all above stylised upright petals enclosing various precious emblems and flaming pearls, the broad foot ring and recessed base unglazed
w. 35.3 cm
Condition Report
Provenance
A European private collection.
Christie’s London, 11th July 2006, lot 111 and back cover.
Eskenazi Ltd, London, 2006.
歐洲私人收藏
倫敦佳士得2006年7月11日，編號111及封底
埃斯卡納齊，倫敦，2006年
A bronze figure standing on a crouching beast, Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period | 東周戰國時期 青銅馭獸立人燈座 (동주전국시기 청동어수입인등좌)
Estimate: 500,000 - 700,000 HKD
Lot sold: 8,820,000 HKD
A bronze figure standing on a crouching beast,
Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period
東周戰國時期 青銅馭獸立人燈座
the man with a composed facial expression, detailed with alert eyes and a short moustache, his hair neatly tied under a top hat secured by strings knotted under the chin, wearing a long loosely-fitted robe of thick fabric and a wide belt, his hands grasping a cylindrical vessel in front of the chest, standing solemnly atop of a bear-like beast, the animal depicted with friendly eyes, plump cheeks, rounded ears and a short bushy tail, crouching foursquare with strong limbs and thick paws
22.8 cm
A unique and highly important moulded blue and white barbed 'fish' charger, Yuan dynasty | 元 青花魚藻凸花牡丹菱口大盤 (원 청화어조철화목단능구대반)
Estimate: 30,000,000 - 50,000,000 HKD
Lot sold: 18,525,000 HKD
A unique and highly important moulded blue and white barbed 'fish' charger,
Yuan dynasty
元 青花魚藻凸花牡丹菱口大盤
fluently painted in cobalt of an inky-blue tone, the central well brilliantly adorned with a single carp swimming amidst swirling eelgrass and other aquatic plants, enclosed within a broad band on the cavetto accentuated by eight peony blooms depicted in full-frontal and profile views, borne on a continuous foliate branch with leaves naturalistically detailed with veins, all outlined and set against a background of concentric rings resembling cresting waves, the everted barbed rim uniquely moulded with a continuous lingzhi scroll on a contrasting solid blue ground, the exterior decorated with a frieze enclosing a lotus scroll, the unglazed base burnt orange
47.8 cm
Provenance
Sotheby’s New York, 9th September 1987, lot 256 and cover.
