Junkunc: Chinese Jade Carvings
Junkunc: Chinese Jade Carvings
A PALE CELADON JADE 'PHOENIX' VASE AND COVER, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
Auction Closed
September 22, 03:56 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A PALE CELADON JADE 'PHOENIX' VASE AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
清乾隆 青白玉雕鳳凰蓋尊
deftly carved, the archaistic bird standing proudly in profile, its head raised high and looking to the right, the neck outstretched in an S-shape, the wings carved with archaistic motifs and plumage, neatly folded back and pressed against the body to nestle a tall, oval section vase and cover on its back, the vase with a kuilong-form handle connecting to the bird's tail, further plumage extending from the tail under the body and terminating in bifurcated scrolls beneath the chest, the pale green stone with speckled light brown inclusions (2)
Height 5½ in., 14 cm
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
來源
史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏
Compare a similarly rendered 'phoenix' jade vase fashioned with wheels, attributed to the Qing dynasty and modeled after Han dynasty prototypes, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, published in Masterworks of Chinese Jade in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1969, cat. no. 35. See also another similar 'cockerel' jade vase formerly in the Florence and Herbert Irving Collection, subsequently gifted to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, sold in these rooms, 10th September 2019, lot 18; a slightly taller white jade 'cockerel' vase attributed to 18th/19th century, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 17th January 1989, lot 989; another Jiaqing period 'cockerel' vase sold in these rooms, 17th April 1985, lot 216; and the fourth, taller 'phoenix' vase sold at Christie's London, 16th December 1987, lot 514.
參考一清代青玉天雞蓋尊例，以漢代天雞尊為原型，藏台北國立故宮博物院，載《故宮玉器選萃》，台北，1969年，編號35。另見一相類例，由赫伯特•歐雲伉儷惠贈紐約大都會藝術博物館，售紐約蘇富比2019年9月10日，編號18；亦見一尺寸較高白玉例，斷代十八或十九世紀，售於香港佳士得1989年1月17日，編號989；再見一嘉慶例，售於紐約蘇富比1985年4月17日，編號216；另見一較高鳳凰尊例，售於倫敦佳士得1987年12月16日，編號514。