SONG DYNASTY (960-1279)
LENGTH: 7.1CM
The mythical bird is depicted recumbent with its tucked wings detailed with
fine plumage and legs folded underneath its body. Its crowned head delicately
worked with almond-shaped eyes and a short wattled beak. The stone is of a
greenish yellow tone suffused with russet-brown inclusions.
Compare a similar example also dated to the Song dynasty, included in the
exhibition Chinese Jade Animals 中國肖生玉雕, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong
Kong, 1996, Catalogue No. 102; and a jade quail from our 2018 Catalogue, pp.
56-57, Catalogue No. 23.
PROVENANCE
Joseph Shapiro (1938-2005) and Bella Shapiro (1941-2011), England
| 宋代 黃玉臥鳳 |
