A LARGE AND EXCEPTIONAL WHITE JADE ARCHAISTIC ‘DUCK’ WATERPOT AND COVER QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY |

the recumbent bird with its webbed feet tucked underneath its body, its head leaning gently backwards and finely detailed with archaistic square scrolls, the curved neck collared by a band of florets, its wings folded on either side of its body and further decorated with feathers and archaistic scrolls in relief, all surmounted by a tall finial in the form of a duckling standing with its head held upwards, the stone of a pale celadon tone with russet veining