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A white jade carving of mandarin ducks
18th/19th century

Fine Chinese Works of Art and Paintings
23 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
San Francisco

US$8,000 - US$12,000

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A white jade carving of mandarin ducks

18th/19th century
The even-toned white jade crisply carved as a mother duck gripping a flowering and budding lotus stem in her beak, her chick looking towards her and clutching stems of spreading lotus leaves in its beak, both birds with stylized beaks and crests and paddling through foaming waves.
4 1/2in (11.5cm) long

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