Lot Essay
Compare a similar dated bamboo birdcage, signed Mao hui, probably from the same workshop, sold at Sotheby's New York, 29 November 1994, lot 416.
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TWO BAMBOO AND BOXWOOD BIRDCAGES
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TWO BAMBOO AND BOXWOOD BIRDCAGES
QING DYNASTY, CIRCA 1880
Each of cubical form with slender bars intersecting square section horizontal stretchers and two opposing sliding portcullises, one cage with wood and enameled porcelain feeders, four perches, and a bronze plaque, the bronze hook simulating bamboo with a gilt inscription, attached to a metal plaque dated to the Gengchen cylclical year corresponding to 1880 and signed Tiechi, the other cage of similar construction with boxwood inlay but lacking the inscriptions
9 7/8 in. (25 cm.) high (2)
QING DYNASTY, CIRCA 1880
Each of cubical form with slender bars intersecting square section horizontal stretchers and two opposing sliding portcullises, one cage with wood and enameled porcelain feeders, four perches, and a bronze plaque, the bronze hook simulating bamboo with a gilt inscription, attached to a metal plaque dated to the Gengchen cylclical year corresponding to 1880 and signed Tiechi, the other cage of similar construction with boxwood inlay but lacking the inscriptions
9 7/8 in. (25 cm.) high (2)