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AN IVORY ‘QUAIL’ BOX AND COVER 清乾隆 牙雕鵪鶉蓋盒
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
來源：
naturalistically modelled seated with its legs tucked 私人收藏，1990年前購於倫敦
underneath its plump body, the upper half of the body forming
the cover perfectly fitted along the scalloped edges on the box,
its head turned to one side and detailed with rounded eyes
and a short beak, the body carved with plumage and the claws
with fine stippling, all supported on leafy millet stems around
the legs and claws, the interior hollowed with a double-gourd-
shaped aperture, wood stand
9.7 cm, 3¾ in.
PROVENANCE
A private collection, acquired in London prior to 1990.
HK$ 100,000-150,000
US$ 12,800-19,200

Another ivory box and cover carved in the form of a quail, from
the Qing Court collection, preserved in the Palace Museum,
Beijing, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures
of the Palace Museum. Bamboo, Wood, Ivory and Rhinoceros
Horn Carving, Hong Kong, 2002, pl. 167. See also another ivory
quail box sold in these rooms, 3rd April 2018, lot 3641, and a
pair of similar carved ivory ‘quail’ boxes and covers sold in our
London rooms, 10th November 2010, lot 12.

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