Lot Essay
(US$7,000-9,000)
WEDNESDAY, 5 NOVEMBER 1997
AT 3:30 P.M PRECISELY
(LOTS 851-896)
JADE AND JADEITE CARVINGS
A FINE WHITE JADE ARCHAISTIC DUCK
Details
A FINE WHITE JADE ARCHAISTIC DUCK
17TH/18TH CENTURY
Carved recumbent arching its long neck sharply to the back, holding a single lotus flower in its slightly agape beak, part of its wings carved with an archaistic dragon reserved on a tight squared spiral ground, with a key fret meander at the tail, the stone of even white tone with small areas of amber inclusions
4 1/2 in. (11.3 cm.) long, wood stand, box
17TH/18TH CENTURY
Carved recumbent arching its long neck sharply to the back, holding a single lotus flower in its slightly agape beak, part of its wings carved with an archaistic dragon reserved on a tight squared spiral ground, with a key fret meander at the tail, the stone of even white tone with small areas of amber inclusions
4 1/2 in. (11.3 cm.) long, wood stand, box