A FINE WHITE-CELADON JADE CARVING OF A DUCK QIANLONG PERIOD ...

A FINE WHITE-CELADON JADE CARVING OF A DUCK QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) 青白玉鸭 乾隆 well worked as the duck facing forwards on a lotus and holding a foliate stem in its beak 5cm long PROVENANCE: From the Ian Rutherford Collection of Chinese Jade Animals. Christie’s, London, From the Collection of King George I of the Hellenes, 25 January 2007, lot 251 (part of lot), with duplicate copy of invoice NOTE: For comparative examples, see the following references: Hong Kong Museum of Art, ‘Chinese Jade Animals’, 1996, No. 181 John Ayres, ‘A Jade Menagerie the Worrell Collection’, London, 1993, No. 40 Spink & Son, ‘Chinese Jade: An Important Private Collection’, London, 1991, No. 149

Estimate:£1,500

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