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A WHITE JADE CARVING OF A PHOENIX The auspicious phoenix (fenghuang), chief among birds, also symbolizes the
18TH CENTURY empress. It is shown here grasping a blossoming peony stem, an omen of
The recument phoenix is shown resting against a rock with its head turned good fortune and an emblem of feminine beauty.
backward, grasping a leafy spray of peony blossoms in its beak, the wings
and long curly tail with finely detailed feathers. The stone is of white tone with Another large white-jade carving of a recumbent phoenix, shown grasping a
some mottling. peach spray in its beak and bearing a Qianlong reign mark, is illustrated by
R. Kleiner in Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman,
10Ω in. (26.7 cm.) long, hardwood stand Hong Kong, 1996, p. 252, no. 201. The stylization of the tail feathers of the
Hartman example is similar to the present figure, and the author notes, p.
$80,000-120,000 252, that this treatment is typical of the late Qianlong period, and the “very
large size of the piece is commensurate with increased supplies of jade
PROVENANCE: available after 1760.”
George Walter Vincent Smith (1832-1923), Springfield, Massachusetts,
acquired prior to 1910.
斯普菲博物館珍藏，拍賣收益將用於藏品購藏及維護
清十八世紀 白玉雕鳳鳥擺件
來源:
史喬沃先生（1832-1923），斯普林菲爾德，麻薩諸塞州，入藏於1910年以前。

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