CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL QUAILS
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
One bird cast with head bowed towards its wing, the other looking straight ahead, each finely decorated in white and black enamels, their gilt claws naturalistically textured
5 1/8 in. (13.2 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired from the London trade in the late 1970s to early 1980s.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

The present lot may be compared with the quails illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum- Enamel 4 Cloisonné in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)’, The Forbidden City Publishing House 2011, fig.67, p.115.

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