A WHITE JADE BIRD PENDANT

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A WHITE JADE BIRD PENDANT
POSSIBLY SONG DYNASTY

Of slightly flattened form, the bird modelled grasping a spray of millet in its beak, the plumage finely incised on the full wings, with the tail feathers extended at an angle to the body, the semi-translucent stone of an even white tone
2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm.) long

Provenance

P. C. Lu and Sons, Hong Kong

Literature

Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, no. 37

Exhibited

Christie's New York, 13-26 March 2001
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 2003 - December 2004

Lot Essay

Comparable carvings of birds include an example in a similar attitude, illustrated in the Catalogue, The Arthur M. Sackler Collection, Washington D. C., p. 130, no. 84; and another exhibited by Bluett and Sons, Dr. Newton's Zoo, London, 1981, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 21.

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