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A FINE AND VERY RARE PALE CELADON JADE PHOENIX
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Finely carved in the round as a recumbent phoenix grasping a leafy spray of peaches in its beak, the wings detailed with feathers and archaistic motifs, the tail depicted with long curly feathers, the stone of an even pale celadon tone
6 1/4 in. (15.8 cm.) long, stand
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Finely carved in the round as a recumbent phoenix grasping a leafy spray of peaches in its beak, the wings detailed with feathers and archaistic motifs, the tail depicted with long curly feathers, the stone of an even pale celadon tone
6 1/4 in. (15.8 cm.) long, stand
Provenance
Douglas Wright, London
Sotheby's London, 15 April 1983, lot 166
Sotheby's London, 15 April 1983, lot 166
Literature
Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 199
Exhibited
Christie's New York, 13-26 March 2001
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 2003 - December 2004
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 2003 - December 2004