A PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE 'PHOENIX' PENDANT Ming Dynasty (2)A PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE 'PHOENIX' PENDANTMing DynastyThe pebble smoothly carved as a crouching phoenix with a curved beak, finely incised feathers, a spiralling bifurcated tail, the underside with its feet neatly tucked beneath its body, the stone of pale green tone with russet-brown striations, fitted box. 3.5cm (1 3/8in) wide. (2).明 褐斑青白玉鳳墜Provenance:Susan Chen Collection來源：陳淑貞女士舊藏For a related jade bird in the same pose as the present lot, see the example in the Guan-fu Collection, Song dynasty, illustrated in Chinese Jade from Han to Ch'ing, New York, 1980, p.94, pl.78.青玉質，籽料，圓雕一曲身鳳，鳳翅琢仿古回紋。可比較紐約亞洲藝術協會展出一件定為宋代之仿古風格鳳鳥，尺寸風格相近，見屈志仁著，《Chinese Jade from Han to Ch'ing》，紐約，1980年，頁94，圖版78。