A spinach jade archaistic cupCarved in the shape of a pheonix undercut with a curved beak and taloned feet separated from curving tail feathers, the bifurcated rings rising up the body deeply hollowed from the top to create thinly sectioned walls, the mottled green stone showing pin-point black inclusions throughout and small patches of pale sandy-brown hue on one side; with lacquered wood stand.
4 3/8in (11cm) height of jade
5 1/8in (13cm) height with wood stand (2).注脚Provenance
Purchased, Delvaux, 13 June 2014