A RARE PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE VESSEL, ZHI Ming Dynasty The pear-shaped body supported on a tall and slightly spreading foot encircled by rope-work, rising to an elegantly flaring rim, carved with a relief band enclosing archaistic phoenixes in mutual pursuit of a roundel, one side with a loop handle, the stone of pale green tone with russet streaks. 13cm (5 1/8in) high. Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 明 青白玉仿古夔鳳紋觶 Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2003, no.70. 展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2003年，編號70 Compare with two similar jade vessels, zhi, Ming dynasty, illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade 7 Ming Dynasty, Beijing, 2011, nos.22-23. See also one in the collection of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, illustrated in Hai-wai Yi-chen: Chinese art in overseas collections, Jade II, Taipei, 1991, no.54 (right). A similar pale green jade pouring vessel, zhi, Ming dynasty, was sold at Bonhams London, 16 May 2019, lot 67. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com