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A CHINESE HUALI BIRDCAGE

Starting price
£ 3 000
Auction dateClassic
05.08.2020 09:00UTC +01:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Event location
United Kingdom, London
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ID 381860
Lot 23 | A CHINESE HUALI BIRDCAGE
The bird cage is finely constructed in square form with tapered sides using thin strips of huali joined by wider sections, with a movable opening to one side. The interior is fitted with two perches, a wood bird feeder and two porcelain bird feeders, one decorated in underglaze blue with flowerheads on a dense scroll and the other in iron-red enamels with a dragon, an apocryphal four-character Yongzheng mark in underglaze blue to the base. The bird cage has a gilt-splashed bronze hook for suspension, with an indistinct impressed mark to the shaft.

This lot contains endangered species material. Shipping to destinations outside the UK or EU requires a CITES permit which will delay your shipment. Please contact Post Sale Services on +1 212 636 2650 (US), +44 207 752 3200 (UK), +852 2760 1766 (HGK), +33 1 40 76 84 10 (Paris) prior to bidding to check if Christie’s can ship to your proposed destination. Alternatively, you can collect in person and arrange for your own CITES permit and shipping.

The bird cage, 85/8 in. high x 77/8 in. wide (22 cm. x 20 cm.)
The bronze hook, 61/8 in. (15.5 cm.) long
Medium:Wood
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
United Kingdom
Preview
15.07.2020 – 05.08.2020
Phone +44 (0)20 7839 9060
Email
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