A VERY RARE PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE 'PHOENIX' FINIAL Warring States PeriodTHE PROPERTY OF A BRITISH FAMILY英國家族藏品A VERY RARE PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE 'PHOENIX' FINIALWarring States PeriodThe cylindrical finial with scrolling motifs, attached to a jade phoenix, its upswept wings atop square-sectioned socket finial, the stone of pale green tone. 9cm (3 9/16in) high.戰國 鳳凰形玉飾 Provenance: a British private collection來源：英國私人收藏The present finial shares close similarities with the style of jade carvings produced during the Eastern Zhou period in Henan Province. See, for example, a jade handle decorated with a feline, 4rd-3rd century BC, from the Freer Gallery, Washington, which displays similar 'C' scrolls and sinuous creatures carved along the sides of the main shaft, illustrated by J.Rawson, Chinese Jades from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, p.276, fig.1.Compare with a similar rare jade tube-shaped pendant, late Warring States period, which was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 3 December 2021, lot 2751.sold_price_type: £