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 |
