拍品 3409
  • 3409

明 玉雕臥鳳 |

估價
200,000 - 300,000 HKD
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描述

  • jade
  • 9 公分,3 1/2 英寸

拍品資料及來源

This charming figure, in its colour and form, encapsulates Ming-dynasty animal carvings continued from the Song repertoire. Such representations of recumbent birds allowed the craftsmen to make full use of the contours of the jade pebbles to create whimsical forms with minimal waste. Fashioned with its head genially turned back and plumage rendered in archaistic scrolls and complimentary curves, the present piece lends its inspiration from Song prototypes, such as one exhibited in Chinese Jade Animals, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1996, cat. no. 103. The variegated dark hues of the pebble, execution of the phoenix’s eyes, beak and wattles are closely related to an example also dated to the Ming dynasty, sold in our London rooms, 16th May 2012, lot 217.