Description: Seated on its feet, head raised with a plump body and lush flaring tail, hollow on the inside. The head and feather tail in elaborate detail, covered in an iridescent and adherent green, brown and crème glaze.
Style of: Tang – Liao (10th century) OXFORD Authentification states ‘last date of firing less than 100 years ago’ (Sample No C118g87)
Height: 8cm
This is an extremely rare miniature version of larger bird-shaped vases.
Similar: Sotheby’s catalogue 14th July 1970, Lot 9. Orientations, sept. 1988, pg.3.