Lot 251 , Two Chinese blue and white bird feeders, 19th century, H. 3.3cm and 1.9cm, boxed

Two Chinese blue and white bird feeders, 19th century, of cylinder and squat baluster form, painted with peonies and foliage, bamboo fittings, H. 3.3cm and 1.9cm, boxed
Estimate £300-500


Provenance - The owner and her family lived in Singapore in the late 1950s. The collection includes antique Chinese porcelain, jade and furniture her father bought from shops in Orchard Road, Singapore around 1955-59.

The cylindrical bird feeder suspension loops have been broken off and re-glued. The squat baluster example has a hairline star crack to the base, otherwise in reasonable ocndition.


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Sold for £360