A fine white jade 'dragon and phoenix' pendant


QianlongThe attractive white stone delicately carved in low relief with a stylised writhing dragon on one side and a phoenix on the other, the phoenix depicted with highly detailed plumage and curled tail feathers, the two heads confronting a pearl above the aperture. 5.4cm (2 1/8in) high.
|清乾隆 白玉雕龍鳳戲珠佩 Provenance：A Midwestern American private collection, acquired in China in the 1920s/1930s and thence by descentSotheby's New York, 11-12 September 2012, lot 304Marchant, LondonExhibited, published and illustrated: Marchant, 90th Anniversary Exhibition: Ninety Jades for 90 Years, London, 2015, no.34來源：美國中西部私人舊藏，1920年代或1930年代購於中國，並由後人保存紐約蘇富比，2012年9月11-12日，拍品編號304倫敦Marchant展覽、出版及著錄：Marchant，《玉器九十，90週年特展》，倫敦，2015年，編號34See a related white jade pendant carved with a double-phoenix, Qing dynasty, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum, Jade 9 Qing Dynasty, Beijing, 2011, no.237.白玉質，潔瑩白潤，兩面分別起地浮雕龍鳳紋，龍首鳳頭各據佩頂兩側，龍雙角後伏，身圓潤修長，四肢似羽，尾部分叉，幾類螭龍，鳳如意冠，鳳翼闊展，陰刻翎羽，細密工整，鳳尾手於佩底，盤若雲濤。紋飾隨佩形而走，匠心隨意。參看北京故宮博物院一件清代白玉雙鳳紋珮，著錄於《故宮博物院藏品大系玉器篇9》，北京，2011年，編號237。