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A GRAY JADE ‘PHOENIX AND PEACH’ GROUP
MING DYNASTY
the recumbent bird grasping a peach branch in its beak, the ripe fruits and leaves falling across the back, the body naturalistically swelling at the
chest and tapering at the tail in accordance with the shape of the stone, the wings, tail, and tucked legs all finely articulated in low relief and incised
details, the stone a pale gray color with icy inclusions and russet veins throughout and a white calcified area at the underside of the chest
明 灰玉雕鶴壽延年擺件
Length 3⅝ in., 9.2 cm
$ 5,000-7,000
PROVENANCE 來源
The Peking Gallery, Toronto, 11th February 1974. The Peking Gallery，多倫多，1974年2月11日
LITERATURE 出版
Robert P. Youngman, The Youngman Collection of 羅伯特•楊門，《楊門藏玉：中國玉器·新石器時代至
Chinese Jades from Neolithic to Qing, Chicago, 2008, 清代》，芝加哥，2008年，圖版88
pl. 88.
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