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A WHITE AND GREY JADE ‘DOUBLE
MANDARIN DUCK’ GROUP
18th century
The two confronted birds depicted recumbent on a
lotus leaf with archaistic scrolls on their wings and
a long crest feather curled at the tip, one duck with
a stem of blossoming lotus trailing from its beak,
the stone of chalky white colour with grey markings,
wood stand, 8.5cm (3 1/8in) long; together with
a pale green and russet jade model of a duck,
Ming dynasty, finely modelled with its head turned
towards his back, grasping a peach branch in its
beak, the wings folded and finely detailed with
incised feathers, 5cm (2in) long. (3).
£1,000 - 1,500
CNY9,000 - 14,000

Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

十八世紀 玉雕鴛鴦 及 明 青白玉鴨 一組兩件

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger
Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2009,
no.96. (jade duck group)

展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，
倫敦，2009年，編號96（玉雕鴛鴦）

For related jade duck groups, see S.Fung and
C.Yeung, Exquisite Jade Carving, Hong Kong,
1996, p.121; and J.Rawson, Chinese Jade from
the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p.377,
no.26:21.

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A WHITE JADE ‘PHOENIX’ GROUP
18th century
The long-tailed bird perched atop rockwork issuing
lingzhi sprays, the wings neatly folded over the
back and the crested head clasping a leafy peony
spray in its beak, the stone of white tone with minor
scattered cloudy and dark brown inclusions.
14.7cm (5 6/8in) high.
£3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 45,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

十八世紀 白玉鳳銜牡丹擺件

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger
Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2013,
no.87.

展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，
倫敦，2013年，編號87 270

See a related white jade carving of a phoenix with
peach branches, 18th century, illustrated by J.Watt,
Chinese Jades from the Collection of the Seattle Art
Museum, Washington, 1989, p.85, no.63; see also
a related green jade carving of a phoenix group,
Qing dynasty, illustrated in the Compendium of
Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade, 9, Beijing,
2011, p.152, no.141.

See a related greenish-white jade carving of a
phoenix, 18th/19th century, which was sold at
Christie’s New York, 14 September 2012, lot 1083.
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