A PAIR OF CARVED SPINACH JADE PHOENIX QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

each standing on a rockwork base, with head craning backwards revealing short crests of feathers along the head and neck, the wing and tail feathers incised to simulate plumage, the long tail feathers descending to the base, the stone of a dark green color mottled with pale opaque inclusions, wood stands (4)

Cserno Antiek, Amsterdam, June 1968 and thence by descent.

Both parrots have a minor nick to the beak and scattered nicks to the base.
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