Fine Asian Art - 11th November 2025

Lot 162

A RARE CHINESE CELADON JADE 'PHOENIX' BRUSH WASHER

Estimate £3,000 - £5,000

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Description

A RARE CHINESE CELADON JADE 'PHOENIX' BRUSH WASHER
17TH/18TH CENTURY

Carved with its head tilted back resting on its right shoulder, the wings and bifurcated tail carved with stylised feathers, the reverse carved in shallow relief with two clawed feet, the stone of a pale green tone with darker inclusions, 10.5cm.

From the Portersfield Collection, London, purchased from Bonham's London, Roger Keverne Ltd: Moving On Part II, 7th June 2021.

Exhibited and published, Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2010, item 76.

Cf. J C Y Watt, Chinese Jades from Han to Chi'ing, p.96, no.81 for a related example dating from the Song/Ming dynasty.

十七/十八世紀 青白玉雕鳳型筆舔
來源：倫敦Portersfield收藏，購於倫敦邦瀚斯，2021年6月7日Roger Keverne Ltd：Moving On Part II。
展覽及出版：Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2010, 編號76.