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A FINELY CARVED YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE PARROT
SONG DYNASTY (960-1279)
Finely and naturalistically carved in the round looking ahead with its beak inclined slightly to the left, the wings held close to the body and finely incised with overlapping plumage folding over the extended tail, similarly detailed, its talons tucked neatly under the body either side of an aperture extending through the body
2 3/8 in.(6 cm.) high
SONG DYNASTY (960-1279)
Finely and naturalistically carved in the round looking ahead with its beak inclined slightly to the left, the wings held close to the body and finely incised with overlapping plumage folding over the extended tail, similarly detailed, its talons tucked neatly under the body either side of an aperture extending through the body
2 3/8 in.(6 cm.) high
Provenance
Professor Cheng Te-k'un
Previously sold at Sotheby's London, 12 July 2006, lot 264
Previously sold at Sotheby's London, 12 July 2006, lot 264
Exhibited
Chinese Jades from the Mu-Fei Collection, Bluett & Sons, London, 1990, no. 44
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