A FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE ‘QUAIL’ BOX AND COVER

QING DYNASTY, 18TH-EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE ‘QUAIL’ BOX AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH-EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The naturalistically carved bird is depicted in a recumbent position with legs tucked under its plump body, the plumage carved in minute detail, overlapping with scalloped edges fitting together at the breast and tail where the cover and base join. The stone is of a well-polished even white tone.
4 in. (10 cm.) long, box

Provenance

The Collection of Dr. John N. Loomis, sold at Sotheby’s New York, 28 November 1994, lot 68
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 June 2011, lot 3911

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Lot Essay

An identical quail box is in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Zhongguo Yuqi Quanji, vol. 6, pl. 106; a pair from the T.Y Chao collection was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 19 November 1986, lot 144 and illustrated by R. Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 196; and another box from the Tianhe Shanfang Collection was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2005, lot 1557.

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