THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
AN UNUSUAL CLOISONNE ENAMEL BIRD ON A STAND, the bird with black and white feathers, turning its head back to scratch its wing, perched on a gilt-bronze prunus branch issuing from an elaborate pedestal comprising a lotus bud above a short shaft, lower bulb and tripod feet, standing on a fenced chamfered square base, the stand decorated with lotus meander and bats in polychrome enamels on a turquoise ground (small losses, bird slightly dented with related enamel losses), the bird 17th Century, the stand Qianlong

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AN UNUSUAL CLOISONNE ENAMEL BIRD ON A STAND, the bird with black and white feathers, turning its head back to scratch its wing, perched on a gilt-bronze prunus branch issuing from an elaborate pedestal comprising a lotus bud above a short shaft, lower bulb and tripod feet, standing on a fenced chamfered square base, the stand decorated with lotus meander and bats in polychrome enamels on a turquoise ground (small losses, bird slightly dented with related enamel losses), the bird 17th Century, the stand Qianlong
37.5cm. high

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