宋或以後 仿古青白玉鴨形蓋盒SONG DYNASTY OR LATER宋或以後 仿古青白玉鴨形蓋盒4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) longDetails AN ARCHAISTIC GREENISH-WHITE AND RUSSET JADE DUCK-FORM BOX AND COVERSONG DYNASTY OR LATERThe box and cover are modelled after a bronze prototype, the cover of the box is carved as the upper half of the duck, its head turned to the right, the wings tucked close to the body, incised to render feathers, supported on the oval box forming the lower half of the body, similarly incised and detailed with a tail to one side and raised on a conforming oval base. The stone is of an even pale greenish-white tone with isolated areas of russet inclusions.4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) long Provenance Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, Fine Chinese Jade Carvings from the Tianhe Shanfang Collection, 30 May 2005, lot 1564 Conditions of sale