Description: Beautifully cast as in a bird-like shape, its head turn back over its body, in its short beak, its feathers, decorated with inlaid gold and round stones of turquoise on the wings and features.
Style of: Warring States (4th century BC), age determination uncertain
Height: 6cm, Diameter: 5cm
Similar style and technique: Watson, Ancient Bronzes, pl.85d. Orientations, Sept 1992, pg.1b. Orientations, Nov 1992, pg.61, fig.2. Lot of 3: http://bonhams.com/auctions/22378/lot/8247