清乾隆 白玉祥鳳獻桃擺件

the translucent and substantial stone skilfully worked in the form of a phoenix grasping in its beak a meandering sprig of peaches, the mythical bird finely portrayed with well-rendered plumage and a long furcated tail curling towards the front, the front of the design further decorated with ruyi cloud scrolls, the lustrous white stone accentuated with attractive russet skin

倫敦佳士得1995年12月4日，編號269

There are minute bruises and flakes to the edges and extremities, including the tips of the leaves, and minor polishing. There appears to have been a break to a twig on the illustrated side. There is minor consolidation along an original flaw on the unillustrated side.
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此器雕刻精美，褐皮巧雕紋飾，可見工匠擅隨形雕作，以顯示玉材為「子料」。

與本品相似之紋飾亦見於巴斯東亞藝術博物館，錄於 Angus Forsyth 與 Brian McElney，《Jades from China》，巴斯，1994年，圖版337；另見一例錄於 Robert Kleiner ，《哈特曼收藏中國玉器》，1996年，圖版199；第三例一例售於香港蘇富比1975年11月17日，編號66；第四例售於倫敦蘇富比1983年4月15日，編號166。