拍品 651
651
A RARE FINELY CARVED JADE PHOENIX WEIGHT

细节
A RARE FINELY CARVED JADE PHOENIX WEIGHT
SONG DYNASTY

The phoenix modelled in the round with the bird's head turned towards its long tail feathers curled at the tips, its wings slightly outspread, the body finely incised to depict details of the plumage and feet carved in shallow relief, the stone of a celadon tone suffused with russet inclusion
3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm.) wide, wood stand

拍品专文

A very similar example modelled with its head preening its feathers, sold in these Rooms, 13 January 1987, lot 221, illustrated by R. Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, no. 36. Another comparable example, the wings incised with archaistic scrolls, illustrated ibid., no. 35.

(US$26,000-40,000)