A fine Chinese pale celadon jade carving of a mandarin duck and duckling, 18th century, swimming next to each other, both heads craned back, backed by a large lotus leaf, the wings incised to detailed plumage, the adult grasping a lotus sprig, 5cm long 清十八世纪 青白玉双鸳鸯莲花 For comparable examples see Jessica Rawson, Chinese jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, 1995, n. 26 and 27 p. 377; Rawson, Chinese jade throughout the ages, 1975, n. 365.
A fine Chinese pale celadon jade carving of a mandarin duck and duckling, 18th century, swimming next to each other, both heads craned back, backed by a large lotus leaf, the wings incised to detailed plumage, the adult grasping a lotus sprig, 5cm long 清十八世纪 青白玉双鸳鸯莲花 For comparable examples see Jessica Rawson, Chinese jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, 1995, n. 26 and 27 p. 377; Rawson, Chinese jade throughout the ages, 1975, n. 365.
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