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A PAIR OF WHITE JADE ‘QUAIL’ BOXES AND COVERS
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
of mirror image, each depicted recumbent with legs tucked underneath its plump body, the head turned gently to one side, with
round eyes and a short beak, the plumage finely worked in detail
清乾隆 白玉鵪鶉蓋盒一對
8.2 cm, 3½ in.
HK$ 150,000-250,000
US$ 19,200-31,900

PROVENANCE 來源
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 2003. Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約，2003年

The present pair of quail boxes follows a type first developed sometime early in the Qianlong period which is represented in a
number of collections. Compare a similar pair of quail boxes in the Seattle Art Museum also with their heads turned but carved
from a slightly yellowish stone and dated to the Qianlong period, illustrated in James Watt, Chinese Jades from the Collection
of the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, 1989, cat. no. 73; see also a pair of boxes formerly in the collection of T.Y. Chao, sold in
these rooms, 19th November 1986, lot 144, and a matching box in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Zhongguo yuqi
quanji [Complete collection of Chinese jades], Shijiazhuang, 2005, vol. 6, p. 69, no. 106. See also a pair of smaller white jade
‘quail’ boxes and covers, sold in these rooms, 23rd October 2005, lot 333.

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