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A YELLOW JADE CARVING OF A PHOENIX
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644) OR LATER
The flattened pebble finely modelled as a recumbent phoenix, with its crested head turned back to preen the incised feathers, the stylised curled wings wrapped around the rotund body, the semi-translucent greenish-yellow stone suffused with russet areas
1 3/4 in. (5.5 cm.) long
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644) OR LATER
The flattened pebble finely modelled as a recumbent phoenix, with its crested head turned back to preen the incised feathers, the stylised curled wings wrapped around the rotund body, the semi-translucent greenish-yellow stone suffused with russet areas
1 3/4 in. (5.5 cm.) long
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