quail (or partridge) lidded box/figurine, a classic form in Chinese decorative arts, particularly from the Qing dynasty I did have a pretty tattered paper with this in the box however the paper has been misplaced somehow unfortunately but prior to this I do remember as hard as it was to make out the words qi then missing or hard to see letters followed by dyna which I assumed to he dynasty and then figured maybe first word was Qing the rest of the small paper was completely illegible and very frail do to age of paper

Length (beak to tail): ~5.5 to 6 inches Width/Depth (widest body): ~3 to 4 inches Height (including the base/feet area when closed): ~2.5 opened to 3.5 inches when closed