Lot 77
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A BRONZE SEATED BIRD
A BRONZE SEATED BIRD

HAN DYNASTY

Details
A BRONZE SEATED BIRD
Han Dynasty
Seated with plain tail raised, the feather markings deeply cut across the head, wings and body, areas of encrustation
5.5/8in. (14.3cm.) across

Lot Essay

For other long-beaked bronze birds, see R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyingtang Collection, London, 1994, vol. I, p. 48, fig. 13; and the Catalogue of the exhibition, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 12 October - 2 December 1990, p. 176, no. 82.