Chinese Ming era jade Huan bi disc, Likely Ming Dynasty (14th-18th c.), China, pale yellow jade with russet brown inclusions, decorated with etched foo lions on one side, Taotie on the reverse, in a cloth presentation box, 2.75"dia (jade), 1.5"h x 4.25"squ (box)

Provenance: Property from the Collection of Dr. Leonard D. Hamilton

Notes/Literature: Leonard D. Hamilton studied at Balliol College, Oxford, and Trinity College, Cambridge, before moving to the US in 1949. He was a brilliant researcher who played an important role in the discovery of the structure of DNA. A keen art collector, Dr. Hamilton owned works by the likes of Whistler, Matisse, Picasso and Candido Portinari.

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