Fine Asian Art - 21st May 2024
Lot 95
A CHINESE JADE CARVING OF A MANDARIN DUCK
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £4410
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Description
A CHINESE JADE CARVING OF A MANDARIN DUCK
MING DYNASTY
Carved sitting with its feet tucked under its body and its head resting on its back, holding a fruiting peach branch in its beak, the stone of light brown colour mottled with areas of black, 7.2cm.
Provenance: formerly the collection of Donald and Ursula Farm, New Jersey, formed 1970s and 1980s, later Courage and Joy, New York, 2011.
Published: Priestley & Ferraro Chinese Art, From River Bed to Scholar's Desk: A Selection of Medieval Chinese Carved Jade Animal-Form Weights, April 2016, no.7.
明 玉雕鴛鴦銜桃擺件
來源：美國新澤西州Donald and Ursula Farm舊藏（建於1970-1980年代）。紐約Courage and Joy（2011）。
出版：Priestley & Ferraro 覺是軒，From River Bed to Scholar's Desk: A Selection of Medieval Chinese Carved Jade Animal-Form Weights，2016年4月，編號7。