Lot 8. A pale celadon jade archaistic ‘duck and lotus’ group, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 GBP. Lot sold 30,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's

worked recumbent with its webbed feet tucked underneath its body, the head turned sharply backwards with a leafy lotus spray grasped in its beak, its wings folded on the sides, finely detailed with plumage and adorned with stylised mythical beasts reserved on a leiwen ground, the tail and the legs carved with archaistic scrolls, the stone of an even pale celadon tone, wood stand. Quantité: 2 - 11 cm, 4 1/4  in.

Provenance: Roger Keverne, London.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, Londres, 11 mai 2016, 10:00 AM