A VERY RARE KINGFISHER FEATHER PANEL

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A VERY RARE KINGFISHER FEATHER PANEL
CIRCA 1760

The dark brown velvet panel applied with kingfisher and peacock feathers to depict a pair of paradise flycatchers, one in flight, the other perched on an aged pomegranate tree bearing ripe fruit, flowers and pointed leaves with a fruiting grape vine entwined around it's branches on which clamber two small squirrels, all above tree peony, an ornamental rock, chrysanthemum and bamboo, the tendrils and detail picked out in couched gold wire, the birds eyes set with opals
21 1/4 x 29in. (54 x 73cm.), framed

Lot Essay

For another kingfisher feather applique panel dating to the same period, depicting peacocks amid ornamental rocks and bamboo from the collection of the Mrs. Basil Ionides, see S. Jenyns, Chinese Art, III, fig.107. Yang Boda illustrates a similar kingfisher feather panel incorporated into a screen depicting bamboo in, Tributes from Guangdong to the Qing Court, Catalogue, p.103, fig.87

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