Descriptif du lot
Pairs of mandarin ducks are associated with conjugal bliss and it is possible that a carving like this has been presented as a wedding gift.
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Details
A Chinese white jade 'Mandarin ducks' group
18th/19th Century
Carved to depict a pair of confronted mandarin ducks, their heads facing opposite directions, both holding a lotus stem in their beak, their wings incised to detail plumage
10 cm. wide
18th/19th Century
Carved to depict a pair of confronted mandarin ducks, their heads facing opposite directions, both holding a lotus stem in their beak, their wings incised to detail plumage
10 cm. wide
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Sabine Dalmeijer
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