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A CELADON JADE ‘PHOENIX’ CARVING
17th/18th century
Finely carved in the form of a recumbent phoenix, the long curling
crest feathers extending down the neck, the head turned over its back,
grasping a branch bearing two ripe peaches in its beak, the upper
wings each decorated in low-relief with a scrolling archaistic dragon
above the long pointed pennaceous feathers, the tips resting on base
of the curling tail feathers, the underside carved with the tucked legs,
the whole comforming to the outline of the pebble, the pale green
stone with a lustrous finish and opaque white inclusions.
4 3/8in (11.1 cm) long
US$8,000 - 12,000
十七/十八世紀 青玉雕臥鳳獻桃把件
Provenance
The Peking Gallery, Toronto, Canada, 11th February 1974
來源
1974年2月11日，購於加拿大，多倫多 The Peking Gallery
A similar 17th/18th century carving of a phoenix grasping a peach
branch from the Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Collection was sold at
Christie’s New York, 19th March 2015, lot 622.
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