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Auction archive: Lot number 38

A PAIR OF IVORY 'QUAIL' BOXES AND COVERS

Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$4,743 - US$7,905
Price realised:
£16,250
ca. US$25,691
Auction archive: Lot number 38

A PAIR OF IVORY 'QUAIL' BOXES AND COVERS

Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$4,743 - US$7,905
Price realised:
£16,250
ca. US$25,691
Beschreibung:

A PAIR OF IVORY 'QUAIL' BOXES AND COVERS
18TH/19TH CENTURY
A PAIR OF IVORY 'QUAIL' BOXES AND COVERS 18TH/19TH CENTURY Each naturalistically hollowed and carved as a resting quail, the body and wings forming the cover, the head with wood-inlaid eyes looking up with a pierced open short beak, the underside of the box carved in relief with a flowering millet stem around the legs and claws, hollowed with a double-gourd-shaped aperture 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) long, wood stands (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 38
Auction:
Datum:
8 Nov 2011
Auction house:
Christie's
8 November 2011, London, King Street
Beschreibung:

A PAIR OF IVORY 'QUAIL' BOXES AND COVERS
18TH/19TH CENTURY
A PAIR OF IVORY 'QUAIL' BOXES AND COVERS 18TH/19TH CENTURY Each naturalistically hollowed and carved as a resting quail, the body and wings forming the cover, the head with wood-inlaid eyes looking up with a pierced open short beak, the underside of the box carved in relief with a flowering millet stem around the legs and claws, hollowed with a double-gourd-shaped aperture 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) long, wood stands (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 38
Auction:
Datum:
8 Nov 2011
Auction house:
Christie's
8 November 2011, London, King Street
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