A GILT-BRONZE AND HARDSTONE-INLAID 'BIRD' CENSER QING DYNASTY, 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY
cast as a small long-tailed bird perched on a rocky outcrop, the body forming the receptacle and the detachable folded wings forming the cover, with short beak, spiraled tufts of short feathers at the throat, and finely detailed claws, embellished with various multicolored semi-precious stones including turquoise, agate, lapis lazuli, jadeite, and carnelian at the curling crest, cheeks, and plumage, the rocky integral base accented with similar stones carved as lingzhi heads (2)
Length 6 in., 15.2 cm
Provenance:
Sotheby's New York, 8th April 1988, lot 298.
Michael Gillingham, London.
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cast as a small long-tailed bird perched on a rocky outcrop, the body forming the receptacle and the detachable folded wings forming the cover, with short beak, spiraled tufts of short feathers at the throat, and finely detailed claws, embellished with various multicolored semi-precious stones including turquoise, agate, lapis lazuli, jadeite, and carnelian at the curling crest, cheeks, and plumage, the rocky integral base accented with similar stones carved as lingzhi heads (2)
Length 6 in., 15.2 cm
Provenance:
Sotheby's New York, 8th April 1988, lot 298.
Michael Gillingham, London.
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