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3437 3438 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

A GREY AND RUSSET JADE A WHITE JADE OPENWORK 3439

OPENWORK ‘FEMALE ‘APSARA’ PLAQUE TWO JADE OPENWORK ‘BIRD

IMMORTAL AND PHOENIX’ SONG DYNASTY (960-1279) AND FLOWER’ ORNAMENTS

ORNAMENT The rectangular plaque is well carved and JIN-YUAN DYNASTY (1115-1368)
pierced on both sides as an apsara, holding
SONG DYNASTY (960-1279) stems of lotus, shown in flight above The first ornament is intricately carved in
clouds. The semi-translucent stone is of an
The jade is carved and pierced depicting even white tone. openwork with egrets amidst tall stalks of
a female immortal riding a phoenix. The 2 ¡ in. (6 cm.) long
stone is of a greyish-white and russet tone. lotus; the second ornament is of oval shape,
2 ¬ in. (6.7 cm.) long HK$400,000-600,000
US$52,000-78,000 carved in openwork with three long-tailed
HK$300,000-500,000
US$39,000-65,000 birds amongst hibiscus flowers.

1 æ in. (4.2 cm.) high and

3 ¿ in. (8 cm.) wide (2)

PROVENANCE PROVENANCE HK$60,000-80,000
US$7,800-10,000
An English family collection, A New York private collection
Peterborough 金/元
A similar white jade plaque was sold at 玉透雕花鳥圖飾件兩件
Jade ornaments of the present type were Christie’s New York, Dongxi Studio- Important
probably headdress finials. A similar white jade Chinese Jade and Hardstone Carvings from
ornament in the Palace Museum Collection a Distinguished Private Collection, 17 March
is illustrated in Jadeware (II), The Complete 2016, lot 938.
Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum,
Hong Kong, 1996, p. 102, no. 89. 宋 白玉雕飛天紋牌飾

宋 玉雕仙人騎鳳飾件 來源
紐約私人珍藏
來源
英國彼得伯勒家族珍藏

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