A WHITE JADE PHOENIX-FORM FINIAL WITH GOLD FITTING
A WHITE JADE PHOENIX-FORM FINIAL WITH GOLD FITTING
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A WHITE JADE PHOENIX-FORM FINIAL WITH GOLD FITTING

WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)

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A WHITE JADE PHOENIX-FORM FINIAL WITH GOLD FITTING
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
The gold fitting is surmounted by a white jade finial in the form of a phoenix perched with an upright feathery tail.
2 3/4 in. (7 cm.) long, box
Provenance
Dexinshuwu Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1996

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Lot Essay

A jade finial similarly shaped as a phoenix with an upright tail was unearthed from a Han dynasty tomb in Mancheng, Hebei province, illustrated in Zhongguo yuqi quanji, vol. 4, Shijiazhuang, 1993, pl. 96 (fig. 1).

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