A pale green jade 'pheasant' plaqueYuan Dynasty
Of oval form, finely carved with a pheasant perched on a branch to the centre, its head turned backwards, amongst densely flowering camelia blossom, the stone of even pale green-white tone.
8.9cm (3.1/2in) wide.注脚Compare with a similar pale green jade plaque with a pheasant, Yuan Dynasty, illustrated by A. Forsyth and B. McElney, Jades from China, Bath, 1994, p.329, no.245. Another similar jade plaque with pheasant, Jin Dynasty, is illustrated by J. Rawson, Chinese Jade from The Neolithic to The Qing, London, 1995, p.337, no.25:14. See also a similar jade plaque, Jin/Yuan Dynasty, illustrated in Spink & Son Ltd., Chinese Jade: An Important Private Collection, London, 1991, no.79.