A WHITE AND BROWN RUSSET JADE FIGURE OF A QUAIL QING DYNASTY...

A WHITE AND BROWN RUSSET JADE FIGURE OF A QUAIL QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY 白褐玉鹌鹑 清 十九世纪 the well carved seated bird holding a leafy millet stalk in its beak 8cm long PROVENANCE: From the Ian Rutherford Collection of Chinese Jade Animals. Acquired from Wheatley Antiques, London, 1997, with original invoice NOTE: For comparative examples, see the following references: Hong Kong Museum of Art, ‘Chinese Jade Animals’, 1996, No. 181 Christie’s Hong Kong, ‘The Gerald Godfrey Private Collection of Fine Chinese Jades’, 1995, No. 861 John Ayres, ‘A Jade Menagerie the Worrell Collection’, London, 1993, No. 40

Estimate:£250

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