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A FINELY CARVED JADE BIXIE-FORM WATER
DROPPER, MING DYNASTY, 16TH / 17TH CENTURY
The gray stone suffused with brown and inky-black
inclusions, superb surface polish and good patina.
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China, 16 – 17 century
Published: The Property of Mr Philip Cardeiro, Carol
Michaelson, Knapton Rasti Asian Art, London 2009, lot 36.
Portrayed in a crouching position, the beast’s giant head
crowned with one massive, ridged horn above heavy
eyebrows, bulging eyes, the closed mouth still revealing
the menacing fangs, the conch-shaped ears grooved. Its
back with a circular raised and slanted aperture leading
into the hollowed body, which has been smoothly
polished inside as well. Carefully incised details to the
fur down its body leading to the large, bifurcated tail
and small wings rising from each of its four legs, coiling
towards the backbone. Each paw with three claws.

Shape: Sculptural water dropper
Dimensions: Length 11 cm
Weight: 239 grams
Condition: Very good condition with one small old nick
(almost invisible to the naked eye). Some miniscule natural
65 flaws in the mineral
A CELADON AND RUSSET ‘MANDARIN DUCK RESTING IN LOTUS’ 㖶ẋ曺䌱ⷞ䙖晽ȿ泃泎㇚咖ȿ㒢ẞ Provenance: The Philip Cardeiro collection of Chinese jade,
JADE PEBBLE, MING DYNASTY ␴䓘曺䌱炻ⷞ⛯⊣墸刚冯ṃ姙㶙㡽刚㰩炻⻟⊾㔜橼姕妰ˤ⬴┬⊭㻧冯列⤥䢐 built from 1968 until the early 1990s, one label to back
A celadon nephrite pebble with suffused with hues of russet and some ⃱堐朊ˤ
dark brown mottling, both highlighting the overall design. Nice patina ᷕ⚳炻㖶㛅炻IJķĮIJĸᶾ䲨 Literature comparison: For earlier examples, see Jessica
and good surface finish ↢䇰䈑烉䶐嘇ĵĶ炻őũŪŭŪűġńŢųťŦŪųŰ⃰䓇䍵啷⑩普炻ńŢųŰŭġŎŪŤũŢŦŭŴŰů叿炻ŌůŢűŵŰůġ Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing,
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China, Ming dynasty, 16 – 17 century œŢŴŵŪṆ㳚喅埻⑩℔⎠↢䇰炻ΐ㔎炻ijııĺ⸜ˤ London, 1995, page 363, nr. 26.7. and Jade, J.P. Palmer,
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Published: The Property of Mr Philip Cardeiro, Carol Michaelson, Knapton Spring Books, 1967, Page 41, nr. 12. For a Han Dynasty
Rasti Asian Art, London 2009, lot 45. 晐⼊侴晽䘬姕妰ᾅ䔁Ḯ䌱䞛㚨⍇⥳䘬㧉㧋ˤ䱦⽫䘬⇣䔓↢ᶨ晣泃泎再⛸⛐ example, see Chinese Jade and Animals, Hong Kong
咖叱ᶲ炻⼴㕡䳘兑晽⇣䘬咖剙ⶏ⥁䘬央味ỷ泃泎䘬⯦悐炻佭儨⍲幓橼ᶲ䘬 Museum of Art, 1996, page 78, nr. 43.
An exquisite natural pebble carving that fully retains its original shape! 佥侤⬴㔜⏰䎦炻╁ᷕ┋叿ᶨ䇯匟叱ˤ
Finely carved in the round to depict a recumbent mandarin duck resting 䌱晽Ⱦ泃泎㇚匟ȿᶵ份夳炻㚜暋傥⎗屜䘬㗗㬌ἄ⑩㍉晐⼊侴晽炻ᾅ䔁⍇⥳ Auction results comparison: FINE CHINESE CERAMICS
in a large upturned lotus leaf, a lotus flower depicted in high relief to 桐尴炻墸刚㰩䲳䎮ⶏ⥁墅梦泃泎䘬佥侤炻ℑ侭廒⹻圵䁢ᶨ橼ˤ㔜ẞἄ⑩ᶨ & WORKS OF ART. Sotheby’s, 19 MARCH 2013, NEW
cover the duck’s tail feathers, the crest and wings neatly incised to detail 㯋␝ㆸ炻晽ἄ冯䌱䞛㖊↮暊⍰圵⎰炻㔜橼㮓䃉忽␴炻⎗夳ⶍ㱽ᷳ䳘兑ˣ≇≃ YORK, lot 431. (for bixie water dropper from the same
plumage, a large spray of lotus foliage grasped in the bird’s beak. ᷳ㶙⍂ˤ group and similar stone, of 13 cm. length)
The subject matter of the duck resting in a large lotus leaf is not only
extraordinary and rare, it also lends itself perfectly to the contours of 泃泎炻⛐ᷕ⚳㔯⊾ᷕ尉⽝】ッ⣓⥣␴⾈屆ᶵ㷅䘬㯠⿮ッねˤ 㖶ẋ曺䌱晽尼尭⼊㯜㺜炻IJķİIJĸᶾ䲨
the pebble, with the plant forming the base and the bird clinging to the ⼊䉨烉Ⱉ⫸ 䀘刚䌱ⷞ墸刚冯⡐湹刚㰩炻堐朊㤝Ἓ䢐⃱炻⊭㻧⬴┬
surface, while the natural colors of the mineral reflect the plumage and ⯢⮠烉攟IJIJįĹ⍀䰛 ᷕ⚳炻IJķĮIJĸᶾ䲨
the veins of the subjects. The craftsman has skillfully utilized the stone to 慵慷烉ķĵijįĶ⃳ ↢䇰䈑烉䶐嘇Ĵķ炻őũŪŭŪűġńŢųťŦŪųŰ⃰䓇䍵啷⑩普炻ńŢųŰŭġ
provide a sense of naturalistic interaction between the lotus plant and the ⑩䚠㤝⤥炻㚱ṃ姙冯⸜ẋ䚠䫎䘬䢐㎵ ŎŪŤũŢŦŭŴŰů叿炻ŌůŢűŵŰůġœŢŴŵŪṆ㳚喅埻⑩℔⎠↢䇰炻ΐ
Mandarin duck. 伶⚳䞍⎵㓞啷⭞ńįőʼnŊōŊőġńłœŅņŊœŐ⃰䓇䍵啷⑩炻㕤IJĺķĹ⸜军IJĺĺı⸜ẋ⣏ 㔎炻ijııĺ⸜ˤ
Mandarin ducks (Latin: Aix galericulata), known as Yuan Yang in Chinese, 慷㓞啷ᷕ⚳喅埻⑩ˤ 尼尭㍉帚ặ䘬⦧⊊炻⻝⣏䛤䜃ˣ䵲攱䘬◜ṵ曚↢⮾䈁炻側悐
mate for life and are renowned for their attachment to each other. In 㚱ᶨᾳ⽖⽖⁦㕄䘬攳⎋炻幓幨ℏ悐ᷕ䨢ḇ⸛㹹䢐⃱ˤ㔜橼䱦
Chinese art mandarin ducks have been prolifically adopted to symbolize 㔯䌣㭼庫烉⎗⍫侫œŰţŦųŵġŌŭŦŪůŦų叿˪łŭŢů冯ŔŪŮŰůŦġʼnŢųŵŮŢů㓞啷ᷳᷕ⚳䌱☐ ⶍ晽⇣炻⎗夳忋㍍⚃嵛幓橼ᶲ⮷佥侤炻⚃嵛ᶲ䘮㚱ᶱ䇒炻幓
conjugal bliss and fidelity. 普˫炻楁㷗炻IJĺĺķ⸜炻䶐嘇ķIJˤ⎎⢾⎗⍫侫㖶⯤旧㲊⇑㕗冯⌘䫔⬱䲵㲊⇑㕗喅 ⼴㚱䳘攟↮ⰼ䘬⯦ˤ
埻⌂䈑棐↢䇰䘬˪䌱䞛晽⟹˫ 炻㖶⯤Ṇ㲊⇑㕗炻IJĺĸĵ⸜炻䶐嘇Ĺˤ ⼊䉨烉⼊⟹㯜㺜
Shape: Pebble 栆Ụ㉵⑩烉Ἓ⢓⼿˪łŭŢů冯ŔŪŮŰůŦġʼnŢųŵŮŢů䥩Ṣ℠啷ᷳᷕ⚳䌱☐ĩḴĪ˫炻楁 ⯢⮠烉攟IJIJ℔↮
Dimensions: Length 11,8 cm 㷗炻ijııĸ⸜IJIJ㚰ijĸ㖍炻㉵⑩䶐嘇IJĶķķˤĩ⎴㗪㛇炻䚠⎴⣏⮷䘬ᶨ⮵泃泎Ī 慵慷烉ijĴĺ⃳
Weight: 642,5 grams ⑩䚠㤝Ἓ炻㚱ṃ姙倱䛤⸦᷶ᶵ⎗夳䘬⮷仢⎋炻ᶨṃ⽖⮷䘬
Condition: Excellent condition with old wear and microscopic old EstimateġEUR 1.200,- ⣑䃞䕽嶉ˤ
nibbling, as expected on a Ming jade Starting price EUR 600,- 伶⚳䞍⎵㓞啷⭞ńįőʼnŊōŊőġńłœŅņŊœŐ⃰䓇䍵啷⑩炻㕤IJĺķĹ
Provenance: The Philip Cardeiro collection of Chinese jade, built from ⸜军IJĺĺı⸜ẋ⣏慷㓞啷ᷕ⚳喅埻⑩炻⸽悐㚱㓞啷㧁䰌ˤ
1968 until the early 1990s, one label to bottom 㔯䌣㭼庫烉ᶨṃ⸜ẋ庫㖑䘬ἳ⫸炻夳ŋŦŴŴŪŤŢġœŢŸŴŰů叿˪⽆
㕘䞛☐㗪ẋ⇘㶭ẋ䘬ᷕ⚳䌱☐普˫炻ΐ㔎炻IJĺĺĶ⸜炻䫔ĴķĴ
Literature comparison: Compare with Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from 枩炻䶐嘇ijķįĸˤṎ⎗⍫侫ŋįőįġőŢŭŮŦų叿˪䌱˫炻ŔűųŪůŨġŃŰŰŬŴ↢
the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, no. 䇰炻IJĺķĸ⸜炻䫔ĵIJ枩炻䶐嘇IJijˤ⎎ᶨᾳ㻊ẋ䘬ἳ⫸炻夳˪ᷕ⚳倾
61, and Jade as Sculpture, Minneapolis, Minneapolis and Indianapolis 䓇䌱晽˫炻楁㷗喅埻棐↢䇰炻IJĺĺķ⸜炻枩㔠ĸĹ炻䶐嘇ĵĴˤ
Museum of Art, 1975, no. 8. 栆Ụ㉵⑩烉ᶨẞ䚠Ụ䌱䞛䘬晽尼尭⼊㯜㺜炻夳喯⭴㭼˪ᷕ⚳
䒟☐⍲ⶍ喅⑩˫炻ijıIJĴ⸜Ĵ㚰IJĺ㖍炻䲸䲬炻㉵⑩䶐嘇ĵĴIJˤ
Auction results comparison: Important Chinese Jades from the Personal
Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman Part II. Christies, Hong Kong, 27 EstimateġEUR 1.500,-
November 2007, lot 1566. (for a pair of Mandarin ducks from the same Starting price EUR 750,-ġ
period and of similar size)

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