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A ROCK CRYSTAL ‘QUAIL AND MILLET’
GROUP
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
worked in the round as a pair of rotund recumbent quails grasping a leafy
millet stem in their beaks, the larger bird with its head turned back to face
its young, their plumage finely detailed with incisions, the stone of clear
transparent tone
, ¼ .
£ 2,000-3,000
HK$ 19,300-29,000 US$ 2,500-3,750
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