A LARGE WHITE JADE FIGURE OF A PHOENIX QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY |

the substantial boulder intricately worked in the form of a recumbent phoenix, its webbed feet tucked underneath its body and its long plumed tail curled behind, the wings folded on the side, carved with an archaistic dragon in low relief and finely incised with feathers, the crowned head turned slightly to its right, detailed with eyes in slits and a long combed beard, its curved beak grasping a gnarled leafy branch extended to the bird's back and issuing a pair of succulent peaches, the stone of an event white tone, carved wood stand

Douglas Wright, London.
Sotheby's London, 15th April 1983, lot 166.
Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman.
Christie's Hong Kong, 28th November 2006, lot 1426.

Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 199.

The phoenix is in very good condition, with only expected minor flakes/losses to the extremities such as the tips of the branches and edges of leaves.
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