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A pale green jade carving of a standing phoenix 18th century
13 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £18,000 inc. premium
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18th century
The standing mythical bird carved with its crested head turned back over its body, clasping a lingzhi sprig in its beak, its wings with well-defined feathers terminating in upward curls, the long tail feathers curling under its body and between its legs, all resting on a pronounced clawed foot, wood stand. 10.8cm (4¼in) high (2).
The standing mythical bird carved with its crested head turned back over its body, clasping a lingzhi sprig in its beak, its wings with well-defined feathers terminating in upward curls, the long tail feathers curling under its body and between its legs, all resting on a pronounced clawed foot, wood stand. 10.8cm (4¼in) high (2).
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Provenance: Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London
Compare a larger (21cm high) pale green jade carving of a phoenix, also dated to the 18th century, in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, illustrated by J.C.S.Lin, The Immortal Stone. Chinese Jades from the Neolithic period to the twentieth century, London, 2009, p.134 (bottom centre image), and another 18th century example in the Seattle Art Museum (15.6cm high), illustrated by J.C.Y. Watt, Chinese Jades from the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, Washington, 1989, fig.63.