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A CELADON JADE ‘PHOENIX AND PEACH’ GROUP
17TH - 18TH CENTURY
the stone of slightly flattened oblong form, rising at one end with the upward swell of the phoenix’s chest and tapering at the opposite end with the
sweep of the curling tail feathers, the long neck extending back, lush plumage cascading down accentuating its length, the head in high relief, resting
on the folded wings grasping a fruiting peach branch in its beak, a chilong in low relief on each wing, the legs tucked beneath the body, the stone a
pale green color transmuting to a slightly more olive tone at the underside and flecked with white calcification
十七至十八世紀 青玉雕祥鳳獻桃把件
Length 4⅜ in., 11.1 cm
$ 20,000-30,000

PROVENANCE 來源
The Peking Gallery, Toronto, 11th February 1974. The Peking Gallery，多倫多，1974年2月11日

This ‘phoenix and peach’ group is exquisitely carved with a strong sense of movement and minute details finely articulated, such as the ridged
joints on the bird’s legs and toes, elegantly elongated eyelashes, and small spur-shaped ears. Compare a strikingly similar greenish-white
and russet jade ‘phoenix and peach’ group dating to the late Ming to early Qing dynasty sold first in our Hong Kong rooms, 20th May 1981,
lot 888, and later as part of the Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Collection at Christie’s New York, 19th March 2015, lot 622; and a related Ming
dynasty carving of a phoenix grasping bamboo stalks in its beak, sold in these rooms, 22nd April 1974, lot 19.

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