Note: Compare the distinctive brushwork defining the birds with that in a painting of hen and chicks, published by Jung Ying Tsao in The Paintings of Xugu and Qi Baishi, San Francisco, 1993, p.368. A further work, with a pair of quail as the subject, was sold at Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 4 October, 2016, sale 0659, lot 1425. A very similar composition, depicting taro and rooster, was sold at Christie's, Hong Kong, 31 May, 2011, sale 2858, lot 2609.