QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A FINELY CARVED PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT DUCK
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Shown in a recumbent position with legs tucked under the body and head turned backwards as it grasps stems of lotus flowers and leaves in its faceted beak which is carved at the tip with angular scrolls, the graceful wings detailed with a stylized dragon roundel at the front and layered feathers incised with parallel rows of incised key fret, with further key fret in scrolled bands on either side of the tail, the pale greenish-white stone with some opaque white mottling and pale russet color
4 9/16 in. (11.6 cm.) long, wood stand

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Lot Essay

A larger (14.2 cm.), though similarly carved white jade figure of a recumbent duck grasping a spray of peony in its beak, from the collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, was sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 27 November 2007, lot 1563, where it was dated to the Kangxi period.

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