A PALE GREEN JADE CARVING OF A DUCK AND DUCKLING GROUP 17th century (2)

A PALE GREEN JADE CARVING OF A 'DUCK AND DUCKLING' GROUP 17th century The duck gracefully modelled with incised wing feather decoration before a smaller duckling, both recumbent on a lotus leaf finely detailed with naturalistic veins and curling stems, the stone of pale green tone with russet and cloudy inclusions, wood stand. 10.4cm (4 1/8in) long. (2). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 十七世紀 青玉育子擺件 Provenance: an English private collection Sotheby's London, 6 November 2013, lot 22 來源：英國私人舊藏 倫敦蘇富比，2013年11月6日，拍品編號22 Compare with a similar jade carving of ducks illustrated by G.Savage, Chinese Jade: A Concise Introduction , New York, 1964, pl.18b; and another jade carving of geese illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Small Refined Articles of the Study , Shenzhen, 2009, p.119, no.87. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com