Brown and black mottled jade, smooth surface polish China, Yuan / Ming Dynasty (1279 – 1644) Of flattened form and carved in the shape of a mandarin duck this toggle bears the drilling for suspension at the bird’s neck. The bird’s wings are pressed close against the sides of its body and the legs are tucked underneath. In the beak we see the stem of a lotus flower with the blossom to one side. Shape: Figural shape Dimensions: 3 cm (height), 5 cm (length), 2,6 cm (width) Condition: Good condition with extensive hand patina and one notch to beak Provenance: Old Austrian Private collection, assembled in the 1930s to early 1950s Literature comparison: For two other examples of jade duck toggles dating to the Song – Ming Dynasties see Christie’s, Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 3 December 2008, lot 2612 or Christie’s, The Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Part III - Chinese Works of Art: Qing Ceramics, Glass and Jade Carvings, New York, 19 March 2015, lot 631. 元或明代黑褐色鴛鴦玉珮 品相良好，包漿細膩，有一小缺口 奧地利私人老收藏，上世紀三十年代至五十年代間購入