Lot 266
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A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'QUAIL' CENSERS AND COVERS
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A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'QUAIL' CENSERS AND COVERS

18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'QUAIL' CENSERS AND COVERS
18TH CENTURY
Finely modelled looking sharply to the left and right, with turquoise bodies and white breast feathers, their wing and tail feathers forming the detachable covers and the wing tips multi-coloured
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high (2)
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Lot Essay

Compare the pair of similar quail in the Pierre Uldry Collection, illustrated by Helmut Brinker and Albert Lutz, Chinesisches Cloisonné, Zürich, 1985, no. 328, and a single example as no. 330. Another single yellow-bodied cloisonné quail censer and cover from the Clague Collection, was exhibited Cloisonne Enamel, Phoenix Art Museum, 1980, catalogue, plate 61, p.132.

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