拍品 70
  • 70

清十九世紀 紅瑪瑙鴛鴦銜蓮擺件

估價
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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描述

  • Hardstone and wood tbc
cleverly carved using the different tones of the stone to depict a recumbent bird with legs tucked beneath the plump body and wings neatly folded over the back, the crested head turned sharply over the back and clasping a large leafy lotus spray in the beak, with a duckling by its side, the stone of varying pink tones with white and grey inclusions

展覽

《Winter Exhibition》, Roger Keverne, 倫敦, 2000年, 編號113

Condition

The duck with two tiny chips to one wing, and a chip and a nick to the edge of the feathers. The duckling with a minor nick to the wing. The colour of the agate is more pink compared to the illustration in the catalogue.
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