GROUPE SCULPTE EN JADE CELADON PALE

CHINE

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GROUPE SCULPTE EN JADE CELADON PALE
CHINE
The jade is in the shape of a phoenix perched on an axle between two wheels, supporting a zun which rises from the centre of the back. The body and the vase are decorated with archaistic motifs. The stone is of an even pale tone with some russet inclusions.
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high

Further details

A PALE CELADON JADE ARCHAISTIC 'WHEELED' PHOENIX-FORM CARVING
CHINA

Lot Essay

Bird-form vessels first appeared in bronze made during the Western Zhou period (11th-8th Century BC) and became a popular archaistic subject during the Ming and Qing dynasties. A similar late Ming dynasty version of this vessel in bronze is in the National Palace Museum, and is illustrated in Through the Prism of the Past, Taipei, 2003, p. 174, pl. III-42.

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