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A Yingqing Cream-glaze Stoneware Stoneware Model of a Bird, Song Dynasty, 12th Century. The stoneware bird stands on a rockwork base which rises in trunk-like fashion to the bird''s underside. ;The tail and wings are aloft as if in display, the head turned to the bird''s right. ;Details of the head, with pointed beak, small comb and waddle, and plumage are incised. The thick translucent buff toned creamglaze gathers in the incisions revealing these details. Similar items have also been discovered in 11th century tombs. Condition: Perfect. Height: 5" (12.7cm.); Widest point: 5" (12.7cm.) Provenance: Richard Marchant, London.
Asian Antiques
Asian Porcelain & Pottery
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