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A CARNELIAN-AGATE ‘MANDARIN DUCK’
GROUP
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
cleverly carved using the different tones of the stone to depict a recumbent
bird with legs tucked beneath the plump body and wings neatly folded over
the back, the crested head turned sharply over the back and clasping a large
leafy lotus spray in the beak, with a duckling by its side, the stone of varying
pink tones with white and grey inclusions
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EXHIBITED
Winter Exhibition, Roger Keverne, London, 2000, cat. no. 113.
£ 3,000-5,000
HK$ 29,000-48,300 US$ 3,750-6,300
Winter Exhibition Roger Keverne 2000 113
MENAGERIE 95
