A fine white jade 'dragon and phoenix' pendant
QianlongThe attractive white stone delicately carved in low relief with a stylised writhing dragon on one side and a phoenix on the other, the phoenix depicted with highly detailed plumage and curled tail feathers, the two heads confronting a pearl above the aperture. 5.4cm (2 1/8in) high.
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清乾隆 白玉雕龍鳳戲珠佩 Provenance:A Midwestern American private collection, acquired in China in the 1920s/1930s and thence by descentSotheby's New York, 11-12 September 2012, lot 304Marchant, LondonExhibited, published and illustrated: Marchant, 90th Anniversary Exhibition: Ninety Jades for 90 Years, London, 2015, no.34來源:美國中西部私人舊藏,1920年代或1930年代購於中國,並由後人保存紐約蘇富比,2012年9月11-12日,拍品編號304倫敦Marchant展覽、出版及著錄:Marchant,《玉器九十,90週年特展》,倫敦,2015年,編號34See a related white jade pendant carved with a double-phoenix, Qing dynasty, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum, Jade 9 Qing Dynasty, Beijing, 2011, no.237.白玉質,潔瑩白潤,兩面分別起地浮雕龍鳳紋,龍首鳳頭各據佩頂兩側,龍雙角後伏,身圓潤修長,四肢似羽,尾部分叉,幾類螭龍,鳳如意冠,鳳翼闊展,陰刻翎羽,細密工整,鳳尾手於佩底,盤若雲濤。紋飾隨佩形而走,匠心隨意。參看北京故宮博物院一件清代白玉雙鳳紋珮,著錄於《故宮博物院藏品大系玉器篇9》,北京,2011年,編號237。