Lot 85
85
A CELADON GREEN JADE PHOENIX WATER COUPE
A CELADON GREEN JADE PHOENIX WATER COUPE

17TH CENTURY

Details
A CELADON GREEN JADE PHOENIX WATER COUPE
17th Century
The bird with head turned backwards grasping a peony blossom in its beak, wings tucked in and swept back towards the long trailing tail feathers which in turn coil under the body next to the tucked-in feet, the stone a gray-green tone with russet highlights
7in. (19cm.) long

Lot Essay

For another bird-form coupe, see the example dated to the Song dynasty included in the exhibition, Chinese Jade and Scroll Paintings from the Dongxi Collection, Kredietbank Gallery, Brussels, 25 October - 17 December 1995, Catalogue, p. 100, no. 55.