AN ARCHAISTIC JADE 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' PLAQUE Song-Ming dynastyAN ARCHAISTIC JADE 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' PLAQUESong-Ming dynastyCarved in profile and following ancient prototypes, the winged dragon looking back at the fluted, forked tail which morphs into a phoenix facing the dragon, the body finely decorated with hooked scrolls in relief, the stone surface with earth encrustations and mottled in russet brown. 3 5/8in (9.3cm) length宋-明 仿古龍鳳玉珮Provenance:John Sparks Ltd., LondonEskenazi, Ltd., LondonJ. J. Lally & Co., New York, 1991Robert P. Youngman Collection, New York, 1994Sotheby's Hong Kong, The Robert Youngman Collection II, 3 April 2019, lot 3439Published:Youngman, The Youngman Collection of Chinese Jades from Neolithic to Qing, Chicago, 2008, pl. 57來源：倫敦 John Sparks Ltd.倫敦 Eskenazi, Ltd.紐約 J. J. Lally & Co.，1991 年紐約 Robert P. Youngman 舊藏，1994 年香港蘇富比《The Robert Youngman Collection II》，2019 年 4 月 3 日, 拍品編號 3439 出版：楊門，《楊門藏玉：中國新石器時代至清代玉器》，芝加哥，2008 年，圖版編號 57Compare the openwork jade dragon plaque in archaic style from the Mottehedeh Collection, now in the Royal Ontario Museum, exhibited at the Victoria & Albert Museum and illustrated in the catalogue of the Oriental Ceramic Society Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages, London, 1975, no. 280, described as Song or Jin period, 12th – 13th century. Compare also the openwork dragon plaque in the British Museum carved in a similar style included in the same exhibition and illustrated in the catalogue, op. cit., no. 283.For a very similar Warring States example showing stylistic connection with the present example, see The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Jadeware I, Hong Kong, 2006, p. 192, no. 160, from the Qing Court Collection.