A pale green jade reticulated 'bird and flowers' plaque


Song/Jin DynastyOf circular form, finely carved in openwork with a long-tailed bird perched on a branch, its head turned and wings outstretched, amidst flowers in bloom, the leaves rendered with serrated edges, the stone of even pale green tone, box. 5.4cm (2 1/8in) diam. (2).
|宋/金 白玉雕花鳥飾件Provenance:Durwin Tang Collection來源：鄧德雍收藏For a very similar plaque, see J.Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, no.25:13; Compare also a closely related white jade plaque carved with phoenix design, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade 5 Tang, Song, Liao, Jin and Yuan Dynasties, Beijing, 2011, p.143, no.149.玉器雕琢，殊為不易，而欲成華美之器，須有精絕之工，此件拍品即是其中表表者。 一件極似的白玉飾件可資參考，見J. Rawson著《Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing》，倫敦，1995年，編號25:13；另有一件相關白玉丹鳳紋飾亦可比較，著錄於《故宮博物院藏品大系：玉器篇》，卷五，北京，2011年，頁143，編號149。