Lot 1201
1201
A YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE GROUP OF TWO QUAILS
A YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE GROUP OF TWO QUAILS
A YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE GROUP OF TWO QUAILS
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Property from the Sui Xing Cao Tang Retreat Collection
A YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE GROUP OF TWO QUAILS

QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

Details
A YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE GROUP OF TWO QUAILS
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
2 15⁄16 in. (7.4 cm.) long
Provenance
The Sze Yuan Tang Collection, Hong Kong
Sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, The Sze Yuan Tang Collection of Chinese Jades, 5 April 2016, lot 52

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Lot Essay

The quail, anchun, provides the homophone for peace, ping'an. Two quails suggest twice the amount of peace and form the pun 'double peace'. The current lot depicts two quails fighting over a grain, sui, which is a pun for year, sui, resulting in a further pun of 'may there be peace year after year', suisui ping'an.

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