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Bronze mandarin duck with lotus spray in mouth
Bronze mandarin duck with lotus spray in mouth
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1086
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Bronze mandarin duck with lotus spray in mouth Late Ming dynasty (1550-1644)
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Bronze mandarin duck with lotus spray in mouth
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BATEA : 1082
Simple name
bronze duck
Classified name
metal; bronze; figure; bird; duck; handling; Ming; animal; lotus; China; mandarin; feathers; symbol; marital happiness;
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A bronze mandarin duck naturalistically rendered standing on a lotus leaf. The duck's head is on a long neck and turned to the right holding in its beak a lotus spray with two flowers and stems. The body is extensively incised with details of feathers. Trefoil feathers emerge from under the wings looking like subsidiary wings.
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bronze
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The object was conserved by Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre in 2015
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8cm
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7cm
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4cm
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1550-1644
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Late Ming dynasty
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