QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
LENGTH: 8.5CM
The recumbent bird with wings tucked on either side, its beak clenching a
gnarled sprig of lingzhi . The stone is of an intense blue colour with characteristic
creamy-beige inclusions and gold flecks. The original hongmu stand is carved in
openwork with pine and lingzhi amongst rocks.
Compare a similar lapis lazuli carving of a pair of mandarin ducks dated to the
18th century in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, illustrated in Ming
Wilson, Chinese Jades , London, 2004, p. 102, no. 100.
| 清乾隆 青金石雕銜芝瑞鳥 |
