A PAIR OF LARGE PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE FIGURES OF PHOENIXES
A PAIR OF LARGE PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE FIGURES OF PHOENIXES
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Prospective purchasers are advised that several co… Read more PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF LENORA AND WALTER F. BROWN
A PAIR OF LARGE PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE FIGURES OF PHOENIXES

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A PAIR OF LARGE PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE FIGURES OF PHOENIXES
Each carving depicts a phoenix with long, curved, and finely delinated tail feathers standing on a rocky base, which also supports a crane with outstretched neck.
14 ¼ in. (36.2 cm.) high, hongmu stands
Provenance
The contents of Bois Doré, the Property of the late Elinor Dorrance Ingersoll; Christie's New York, 27-28 September 1977, lot 477.
The Lenora and Walter F. Brown Collection, San Antonio, Texas.
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Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

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Elinor Dorrance Ingersoll (1907-1977), to whom these jade figures belonged, was one of the heirs of John. T Dorrance, the chemist who invented condensed soup in 1897 and started the well-known American company Campbell Soups. Her famous chateau-style home in Newport, Rhode Island, Bois Doré, designed by New York architect Charles Platt in 1927, has been described as the last great home built in Newport. Upon Ingersoll’s death, the house was sold to the oil heiress Carolyn Mary Skelly, and the contents, including Chinese porcelain and works of art, fine European furniture and paintings, were sold in a house sale by Christie’s in 1977.

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