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Impo rtant Chinese Art
New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT

Lot 661

A WHITE JADE 'BIRD AND FLOWER' GROUP, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTUR Y
Estimate: 15,000 - 20,000 USD

A WHITE JADE 'BIRD AND FLOWER' GROUP
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
清十九世紀 白玉鏤雕富貴吉祥擺件

the vertical boulder carved with a dynamic openwork composition of a blossoming peony plant emerging from a cluster of pierced
rockwork, the stems sweeping in varied directions and issuing twisting leaves and flowers at various stages of bloom, on one side a
small quail glancing at its mate perched on a high limb, on the other a large phoenix displaying its plumage and leaning toward a
second phoenix roosting below, the stone a creamy alabaster tone, wood stand (2)

Height 9½ in., 24.1 cm

Provenance
Collection of A.W. Bahr (1877-1959).
American Art Association, New York, 9th January 1922, lot 193.
Collection of William Boyce Thompson (1869-1930), and thence by descent.

來源
巴爾 (1877-1959) 收藏
美國藝術聯盟，紐約，1922年1月9日，編號193
William Boyce Thompson (1869-1930) 收藏，此後家族傳承

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