拍品 256
256
A BLUE AND WHITE DOUBLE DUCK-FORM WATERDROPPER
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF IRA AND NANCY KOGER
A BLUE AND WHITE DOUBLE DUCK-FORM WATERDROPPER

MING DYNASTY, 15TH-16TH CENTURY

細節
A BLUE AND WHITE DOUBLE DUCK-FORM WATERDROPPER
MING DYNASTY, 15TH-16TH CENTURY
Hollow-modelled as two ducks shown side-by-side, one with pierced, open beak and a circular aperture in its back, the other with head slightly turned, their bodies detailed in underglaze blue and with waves painted around the base
4½ in. (11.4 cm.) long

拍品專文

Paired mandarin ducks were a popular symbol of conjugal fidelity and marital happiness.

A similar vessel is illustrated by d'Argencé in Chinese Ceramics in the Avery Brundage Collection, San Francisco, 1967, pl. L(D). Another is illustrated by C. J. A. Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: The Ming and Qing Dynasties, Amsterdam, 1997, p. 35, no. 9. See, also, the example sold in these rooms, 20 March 2001, lot 218.