A YELLOW JADE 'DUCK' PENDANT 17TH / 18TH CENTURY 黄玉鸭 清 十七/十...

A YELLOW JADE 'DUCK' PENDANT 17TH / 18TH CENTURY 黄玉鸭 清 十七/十八世纪 the well carved figure with wings tucked close to its body and incised to render the feathers 3.5cm long PROVENANCE: From the Ian Rutherford Collection of Chinese Jade Animals. Acquired from Theo (Portobello), September 1990 NOTE: For comparative examples, see the following references: Hong Kong Museum of Art, ‘Chinese Jade Animals’, 1996, No. 104 John Ayres, ‘A Jade Menagerie the Worrell Collection’, London, 1993, No. 23 S. Marchant & Son, ‘Post Archaic Chinese Jades’, London, 1995, No. 77 S. Marchant & Son, ‘Chinese Jades from Han to Qing’, London, 2005, No. 56

Estimate:£150

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