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An imperial gilt-copper mounted Beijing enamel and ruby-red glass bird feeder, of barrel form, the transparent glass body with circular aperture to the top, each side mounted with Beijing-enamelled circular medallions, painted with central shou characters within ruyi heads and multicoloured entwined ruyi scrolls and pink bats in flight, all on pale turquoise grounds, framed by gilt-copper mounts decorated with running bands of scrolling flowers.
China: Beijing Palace Workshops, Qianlong period (1736–95).
Width: 2 ⅝ in (6.7 cm), rock crystal stand.
Provenance: Christie’s Hong Kong, The Imperial Sale, 27 April 1997, lot 12.
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