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A LARGE BAMBOO BIRDCAGE
JIAQING
Of octagonal domed shape, the elaborate door frame carved with vignettes of scholars in leisurely pursuits, the entrance secured by a portcullis comprising two bone bars joined to a bamboo section carved with four figures mounted on an elephant before pine and prunus, the serpentine hook a gnarled old pine, amid prunus, bamboo, fruiting peach branches and lingzhi sheltering deer, rabbits, magpies, cranes, butterflies, a bat and a monkey, the hardwood perches simulating natural branches, the gilt base carved with scrolling bands and supported at each corner by a bat, embellished with fourteen white jade carved fittings of animals and flowers, a further four narratives from classic stories in bone, and eight porcelain bird feeders (minor losses and chips)--21½in. (54cm.) high
JIAQING
Of octagonal domed shape, the elaborate door frame carved with vignettes of scholars in leisurely pursuits, the entrance secured by a portcullis comprising two bone bars joined to a bamboo section carved with four figures mounted on an elephant before pine and prunus, the serpentine hook a gnarled old pine, amid prunus, bamboo, fruiting peach branches and lingzhi sheltering deer, rabbits, magpies, cranes, butterflies, a bat and a monkey, the hardwood perches simulating natural branches, the gilt base carved with scrolling bands and supported at each corner by a bat, embellished with fourteen white jade carved fittings of animals and flowers, a further four narratives from classic stories in bone, and eight porcelain bird feeders (minor losses and chips)--21½in. (54cm.) high