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A RARE JADE PHOENIX

HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)
The jade is finely carved in the round as a phoenix with legs tucked
under its plump body, the head with rounded eyes, a slightly
hooked beak and a crested crown. The plummage is highlighted
by the carved scrolling lines, detailed with wings that turn to its
body, all terminating with spreading tail feathers.
2 Ω in. (6.4 cm.) wide, Japanese wood box
HK$1,000,000-1,200,000 US$130,000-160,000

PROVENANCE
A Taiwan private collection
E Yuan Tang Chinese Art, Taipei, acquired in 1992
Compare with two jade birds carved with a similar naturalistic style, one
is dated to the Western Han dynasty and in the collection of Xianyang
Museum in Shaanxi province, illustrated in Zhongguo meishu quanji-
yuqi, vol. 9, Beijing, 1986, p. 90, no. 168; the other dated to the late
Western Han dynasty in the Aurora Art Museum Collection, illustrated
in Jades of Han Dynasty, Taipei, 2005, no. 132.

漢 玉鳳

來源
台灣私人珍藏
一言堂，台北，購於1992年
是件玉鳳形態逼真，線條優美，可與陜西咸陽博物館所藏一件斷代西漢
的玉鳳相比較，其刊載於《中國美術全集 ·工藝美術編·玉器》，第 9 冊，
北京，1986 年，頁 90，圖版 168 號。此外，還可比較一件斷代西漢晚
期的玉鳥，現藏於震旦博物館，見蔡慶良，《漢代玉器》，台北， 2005年，
圖版 132 號。

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