THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL QUAIL-FORM INCENSE BURNERS

细节
A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL QUAIL-FORM INCENSE BURNERS
18TH CENTURY

Each plump bird shown standing with head turned to the side while grasping a branch in its beak, with a circular aperture in the back into which fits a collar attached to the underside of the separately made wings which form the cover
5 3/8in. (13.7cm.) high (2)

拍品专文

A similar, finely enameled quail is illustrated by Claudia Brown, Chinese Cloisonné in the Clague Collection, Phoenix Art Museum, 1980, no. 132, no. 61