A FINE PAIR OF MOTHER OF PEARL, IVORY, AND LACQUER BOXES AND COVERS, China, Qianlong four-character seal marks and possibly of the period. In the shape of sitting quails with their heads turned left and right, on the inside of the covers with the mark "Qianlong yu wan". The feet, beaks, and around the eyes of ivory. - Provenance: Property from a European private collection, acquired in 2009, former collection Rev. Victor Farmer (1898-1977), exhibited by the Oriental Ceramic Society, Loan Exhibition 'The Arts of the Qing Dynasty', 1964, catalogue no. 386 - Wood stands and fitted box - Very minor wear