CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)

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PAIRE DE BOITES COUVERTES EN FORME DE CAILLES EN JADE BLANC
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)
Les oiseaux représentés couchés, les ailes et les pattes repliées, la tête légèrement relevée, le plumage très finement incisé, socles en bois ; deux très petites égrenures sur l'une
Longueur: 11,8 cm. (4 5/8 in.)

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A PAIR OF WHITE JADE QUAIL-FORM BOXES AND COVERS
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

Lot Essay

Compare this very refine pair of quail-form boxes with very similar examples illustrated in A Romance with Jade - From the De An Tang collection, September 2004, p.146, pl.86 ; Ip Yee, Chinese Jade Carving, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 21 October-24 December 1983, pp.216-217, pl.196 ; see also the box from the Tianhe Shanfang collection, sold in our Hong Kong Rooms, 30 May 2005, lot 1557

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