Lot Essay
Cf.a similar duck, covered in a pale blue glaze, in the Percival David Foundation (A 85), illustrated by M. Beurdeley and G. Raindre, op.cit., pl.358, p.258
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A PAIR OF YIXING BROWN STONEWARE FIGURES OF SEATED DUCKS looking to the left and right, their bodies incised with naturalistic feather markings, their feet and beaks painted chocolate-brown and their eyes, beak tips and claws brown-glazed (tails chipped, one neck restored), signed Yun Houshi, Qing Dynasty
19cm. wide (2)
19cm. wide (2)