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JIAQING PERIOD (1796-1820)
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A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL QUAILS MOUNTED AS CANDELABRA
JIAQING PERIOD (1796-1820)
Modelled with detachable wings, standing with its head turned to one side, the half-open beak with a gilt-metal blossoming branch twin-branch candelabrum in its mouth and the feet mounted standing on a square stand
9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.) overall.
JIAQING PERIOD (1796-1820)
Modelled with detachable wings, standing with its head turned to one side, the half-open beak with a gilt-metal blossoming branch twin-branch candelabrum in its mouth and the feet mounted standing on a square stand
9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.) overall.
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Paris, 13 December 2006, lot 278.
Literature
Michael S. Smith, Houses, New York, 2008, pp. 135-6.
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Charlotte Young