Sale 7878
London
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9 November 2010
Price realised
GBP 91,250
Estimate
A SUPERB WHITE JADE CARVING OF A DUCK QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-95) Finely carved on a lotus leaf with its head turned sharply to one side, clasping a stem with a lotus bud in its beak, the head, wings and tail with archaistic scrolls, the stone of an even pale tone 5 in. (12.7 cm.) wide, carved wood stand
Provenance
Christie's London, 10 December 1982, lot 244.
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