QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

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AN EXQUISITE PAIR OF WHITE JADE QUAIL-FORM BOXES AND COVERS
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each naturalistically carved as a seated quail with its taloned feet tucked under the full body, the upper half forming the cover perfectly fitting along the scalloped edges on the box, and the plumage incised in minute detail, the semi-translucent stone of an even white tone
4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm.) long (2)

来源

T.Y. Chao Private and Family Trust Collections, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 18 November 1986, lot 144
The Alan and Simone Hartman Collection, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 28 November 2006, lot 1401

出版

Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, no. 196

展览

Christie's New York, 13-26 March 2001
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 2003 - December 2004

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拍品专文

The quality of finish and the execution of detail on the present lot are of the highest standard. Quails are auspicious birds because they are pronounced an in Chinese, which is a homophone for 'peace'. Two quails can be read as shuang an, or 'double peace', and thus, these birds appear as a pair on paintings, porcelains and textiles from as early as the Song dynasty.

Compare with a few other quail boxes of this type: one in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Zhongguo Yuqi Quanji, vol. 6, pl. 106; a pair illustrated by Ip Yee, Chinese Jade Carving, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1983, no. 196; another pair carved from brownish-yellow jade, illustrated by James Watt, Chinese Jades from the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, Washington, 1989, no. 73; and a single white jade example from the Tianhe Shanfang Collection, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2005, lot 1557.