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SONG DYNASTY OR LATER
Details
AN ARCHAISTIC GREENISH-WHITE AND RUSSET JADE DUCK-FORM BOX AND COVER
SONG DYNASTY OR LATER
The box and cover are modelled after a bronze prototype, the cover of the box is carved as the upper half of the duck, its head turned to the right, the wings tucked close to the body, incised to render feathers, supported on the oval box forming the lower half of the body, similarly incised and detailed with a tail to one side and raised on a conforming oval base. The stone is of an even pale greenish-white tone with isolated areas of russet inclusions.
4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) long
SONG DYNASTY OR LATER
The box and cover are modelled after a bronze prototype, the cover of the box is carved as the upper half of the duck, its head turned to the right, the wings tucked close to the body, incised to render feathers, supported on the oval box forming the lower half of the body, similarly incised and detailed with a tail to one side and raised on a conforming oval base. The stone is of an even pale greenish-white tone with isolated areas of russet inclusions.
4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) long
Provenance
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, Fine Chinese Jade Carvings from the Tianhe Shanfang Collection, 30 May 2005, lot 1564
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