Chinese carved soapstone duck on a lotus leaf

An image of Carving. Steatite figure of a duck on a lotus leaf; on the lid a lotus flower going to seed. Possibly used as an incense burner. Soapstone, height 25.4 cm, 1800-1900. Chinese.

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Carving. Steatite figure of a duck on a lotus leaf; on the lid a lotus flower going to seed. Possibly used as an incense burner. Soapstone, height 25.4 cm, 1800-1900. Chinese.

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Accession Number: O.60 & A-1946
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 90
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 821 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 555.73kB
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2008:05:08 16:22:22

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19th Century birds carved censer Chinese ducks Fitz_AA incense burner lotus lotus leaf seated sitting soapstone steatite

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