FOUR CHINESE BAMBOO BIRD FEEDERS

FOUR CHINESE BAMBOO BIRD FEEDERS
QING DYNASTY

All inscribed with poems: two fan-shaped, one carved with scholars, signed Shi Qiao, the other carved with prunus and coins, signed Xuekun Quanyuan; a third of foliate shape carved with a prunus handle and signed Zhu Bo; the fourth carved with a woman seated below a willow tree, signed Zhou Ju Qishan Qiaozi, 6.8cm. (4)

Provenance: from the collection of Dr John William Hawksley Grice OBE (1891–1976) and thence by descent.

For a single carved bamboo birdfeeder, see Spink & Son Ltd., London, 27th October 1981, for another feeder see the Hosokawa collection, illustrated by Morisada Hosokawa, Itsutokuroku [Wisdom in pieces], no. 40.

清 竹雕鳥食罐 一組四件
來源：John William Hawksley Grice 醫生(1891–1976)收藏，之後由家人繼承。