A VERY RARE BURL-INLAID ZITAN BIRDCAGE

Lot 933
21.09.2023 11:30UTC -05:00
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$ 189 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Lieu de l'événementEtats-Unis, New York
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ID 1016875
Lot 933 | A VERY RARE BURL-INLAID ZITAN BIRDCAGE
Valeur estimée
$ 70 000 – 100 000
A VERY RARE BURL-INLAID ZITAN BIRDCAGE

SIGNED JIN SANWEI, DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO THE JIWEI YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1919

The inner edge of one side of the base frame is inlaid in gold with an inscription in seal script reading jiwei liuyue sanwei jin xin shen lv hu jing zhi (dedicatedly and wholeheartedly made by Sanwei in the sixth month of the jiwei year [1919] while traveling in Hu [present day Shanghai]), followed by a square seal mark of Sanwei. The top of the birdcage is fitted with a square bronze plaque with canted corners cast in relief with a lengthy Buddhist inscription to which is attached a rotating hook, which is cast with excerpts from the Wenchang dijun yin zhi wen (The Virtuous Words by the God of Culture and Literature). The interior of the bird cage is constructed with two shafts, each supporting a globular white-glazed bird feeder, 18th-19th century. The base has a conforming, removable burl insert. Together with a circular ornament for suspension.

7 ¾ in. (19.5 cm.) wide, 7 ¾ in. (19.5 cm.) deep, 8 ¾ in. (22.5 cm.) high, silk brocade stand and pewter box

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