Important Chinese Art including Imperial Jades from the De An Tang Collection
Important Chinese Art including Imperial Jades from the De An Tang Collection
Property from the De An Tang Collection 德安堂藏玉
A white jade 'quail' box and cover Qing dynasty, Qianlong period | 清乾隆 白玉鵪鶉盒
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October 13, 04:27 AM GMT
Estimate
300,000 - 500,000 HKD
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Property from the De An Tang Collection
A white jade 'quail' box and cover
Qing dynasty, Qianlong period
德安堂藏玉
清乾隆 白玉鵪鶉盒
well rendered in the form of a recumbent plump bird, depicted with round eyes and a short beak, the body finely carved with overlapping layers of plumage, the legs tucked neatly underneath the body, the well-polished stone of an even white tone
12 cm
The present quail box belongs to a group of jade vessels developed early in the Qianlong period which is represented in a number of collections. Compare a celadon jade box in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Zhongguo yuqi quanji [Complete collection of Chinese jades], Shijiazhuang, 2005, vol. 6, p. 69, no. 106; a smaller pair of quail boxes in the Seattle Art Museum, but carved from a slightly yellowish stone, illustrated in James Watt, Chinese Jades from the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, 1989, cat. no. 73; and another pair, also smaller in size, from the collection of Robert Youngman, sold in these rooms, 3rd April 2019, lot 3402.