A PAIR OF LARGE JADEITE PHOENIX QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

each elegant bird carved and pierced standing on rockwork, the long tail feathers curling down to the sides, the head turned sharply backwards and surmounted by a small crestcomb, the wings pressed close to the sides with incised detailing, the mottled apple-green stone with streaks of white and russet inclusions, with bright forest-green speckling, mounted on a gilt-metal base (2)

Sotheby's New York, 21st September 2005, lot 239.