A VERY RARE AND IMPORTANT PALE GREENISH-WHITE AND GREY JADE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT BIRD

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Lot 801 | A VERY RARE AND IMPORTANT PALE GREENISH-WHITE AND GREY JADE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT BIRD
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A VERY RARE AND IMPORTANT PALE GREENISH-WHITE AND GREY JADE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT BIRD

HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)

The bird with trefoil crest and curved beak is shown in a recumbent position, with the tail feathers neatly fanned and the legs tucked beneath the body. The pale greenish-white stone has patches of grey and some veining.

3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm.) long





Provenance

Chung Wah Pui, The Hei-Chi Collection, Hong Kong, by 1996.

Anthony Carter, London, 5 January 2007.

The LJZ Collection, United States.



Literature

Hong Kong Museum of Art, Chinese Jade Animals, Hong Kong, 1996, pp. 86-87, no. 53 and back cover.

Jiang Tao and Liu Yunhui, Jades from the Hei-Chi Collection, Beijing, 2006, p. 117.

A. Carter, The LJZ Collection of Chinese Jades, London, 2022, pp. 12-13, no. 1.



Exhibited

Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Chinese Jade Animals, 19 April-14 July 1996.
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