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2017 Spring Auctions
Virtue & Purity - A Selection Of Fine Chinese Jade Carvings

1319
(Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period (1736-1795)) (b. 清乾隆)
A WHITE JADE DRAGON AND PHOENIX PENDANT

5.4 cm. (2 1/8 in.) high

A similar pendant is illustrated by Zhang Wei in Jades of the Qianlong, p.30.
A double-pheonix pendant, with archaic-style dragon heads at the birds' tails, bearing a Qianlong four-character mark, is illustrated by Christopher Knapton in the Spink exhibition of Chinese Jade, 1998, no.50, p.33; another double phoenix pendant is illustrated by Zhao Gui Ling in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum, Jade, Vol. 9, Qing Dynasty, Gu Gong Inventory no. Gu 92066. no.237,
p.231; an openwork double-phoenix plaque, also with their heads between a stylised pearl, was included by Marchant in their 80th aniversary exhibition of Chinese Jades from Han to Qing, no.31, p.38

Provenance:
A Midwestern American Collection, acquired in China in the 1920s/ 1930s, and thence by descent

Price estimate:
HKD: 150,000-200,000
USD: 19,400-25,800

Auction Result:
HKD: --

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