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          A SMALL PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE FIGURE OF A
          MANDARIN DUCK
          18TH CENTURY
          The fgure is well carved as a mandarin duck with backward-turned head
          grasping the stem of the lotus leaf on which it sits as well as the stem of a lotus
          fower carved to one side and other slender water weeds in its beak. There are
          some small areas of opaque white mottling in the pale greenish-white stone.
          2Ω in. (6.3 cm.) long, hongmu stand
          $5,000-7,000

          PROVENANCE
          Acquired in Hong Kong, 1950s, and thence by descent within the family.
          The Studio of the Clear Garden.
          清十八世紀   青白玉雕寳鴨把件




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