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A LARGE YELLOW JADE ‘BIRD’ FINIAL
SONG DYNASTY
depicted standing and clutching the base with its feet, the rounded head of the bird, possibly a dove, portrayed with a short beak
and circular eyes, the body flanked by a pair of wings worked in the Han badao technique below the elongated tail, the hollow base
of the finial pierced with an aperture, the stone of a mottled celadon colour with darker inclusions

宋 玉鳥仗首
9 cm, 3½ in.
HK$ 70,000-90,000
US$ 9,000-11,500

PROVENANCE 來源
Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth (1929-2014), New 安思遠（1929-2014年）收藏，紐約
York. 出版
LITERATURE 羅伯特．楊門，《楊門藏玉：中國玉器．新石器時代至
Robert P. Youngman, The Youngman Collection 清代》，芝加哥，2008年，圖版80
of Chinese Jades from Neolithic to Qing, Chicago,
2008, pl. 80.

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