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TWO SMALL WHITE JADE CARVINGS
QIANLONG
One a seated archaistic duck, well carved with a leafy lotus sprig trailing from its beak, with long coiled crest, upright tail and webbed feet detailed on the underside, the stone of even white color; the other a pebble of rounded triangular outline, well carved on one side with a carp leaping from waves below overhanging millet stems, the reverse with Liuhai using a broom to steer the lotus petal vessel in which he's seated towards his three-legged toad, pierced for suspension, the softly polished stone with some russet skin remaining
2¼ and 2½in. (5.7 and 6.4cm.) long (2)
QIANLONG
One a seated archaistic duck, well carved with a leafy lotus sprig trailing from its beak, with long coiled crest, upright tail and webbed feet detailed on the underside, the stone of even white color; the other a pebble of rounded triangular outline, well carved on one side with a carp leaping from waves below overhanging millet stems, the reverse with Liuhai using a broom to steer the lotus petal vessel in which he's seated towards his three-legged toad, pierced for suspension, the softly polished stone with some russet skin remaining
2¼ and 2½in. (5.7 and 6.4cm.) long (2)