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□ 469 SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

AN IVORY FIGURE OF AN OFFICAL AND
AN IVORY SEAL PASTE BOX AND COVER
QING DYNASTY
the figure holding a tablet in his hands, the ivory patinated to a
rich amber-brown colour; the circular box also with a fine age
patina
17 and 5.1 cm, 6¾ and 2 in.
PROVENANCE
Collection of Edward T. Chow, thence by family descent.

HK$ 30,000-40,000
US$ 3,850-5,100
清 牙雕文官像 及 牙雕蓋盒

來源：
仇焱之收藏，後家族傳承

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A PAIR OF CARVED IVORY ‘QUAIL’ BOXES
AND COVERS
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

each naturalistically modelled seated with its legs tucked
underneath its plump body, the upper body forming the cover
469 fitted along the scalloped edges on the box, detailed with
plumage and the claws with fine stippling, all supported on a
leafy millet stem around the legs
13.1 cm, 5⅛ in.
HK$ 150,000-200,000
US$ 19,200-25,500
清十九世紀 牙雕鵪鶉蓋盒一對

Compare an 18th century example from the Qing Court
collection and still in Beijing, illustrated in The Complete

Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Bamboo, Wood,
Ivory and Rhinoceros Horn Carving, Hong Kong, 2002, pl. 167;
a pair sold in our London rooms, 10th November 2010, lot 12;
and a single ivory ‘quail’ box sold in these rooms, 3rd April
2018, lot 3641.

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