A CHINESE WHITE JADE CHIME

A CHINESE WHITE JADE CHIME
18TH/19TH CENTURY

The larger plaque carved to one side with a phoenix, with waves and clouds to the other side, all between two further archaistic phoenix and an endless knot carved in openwork, suspended within an elaborate hardwood frame carved with intertwined branches of prunus blossom, 42cm overall. (2)

Provenance: from the collection of Dr John William Hawksley Grice OBE (1891–1976) and thence by descent.

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no.02.18.432 for a related jade chime and wood frame.

十八/十九世紀 白玉雕龍鳳呈祥磬及木座
來源：John William Hawksley Grice 醫生(1891–1976)收藏，之後由家人繼承。