A FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE QUAIL-FORM BOX AND COVER
A FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE QUAIL-FORM BOX AND COVER

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A FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE QUAIL-FORM BOX AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

Naturalistically carved as a seated quail with its legs tucked under the full body, the upper half forming the cover perfectly fitted along the scalloped edges on the box, and the plumage incised in minute detail, the stone of an even white tone
4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm.) wide, box

Lot Essay

An identical quail-form box is in the Beijing Palace Museum, illustrated in Zhongguo Yuqi Quanji, vol. 6, pl. 106. A pair of these boxes 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. Another pair is illustrated by James Watt, Chinese Jades from the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, Washington, p. 94, no. 73.

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