Bamboo Birdcage with Accessories
Artist
Yixing Ware
Place of ManufactureAsia
MediumMaterial: bamboo; boxwood; stoneware; bronze; gold
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ART
Credit LineGift of the Council for Canadian-American Relations,ourtesy of Carol Potter Peckham
Object number2008.024.006 a-i
DescriptionSuspended from gold inlaid patinated bronze hanger featuring a design of a mounted warrior and an inscription on its circular base, the fine bamboo framework of the square-sided cage mounted with a set of implements of boxwood and ceramic (Yixing) including a water dish, a bird feeder, a perch, a food support in the form of Budai and his treasure sack, a food spear designed as an official with a fan, and two decorative shelves supporting bells, a book and a garden seat and signed Mao Hui at the age of sixty-six.Status
Not on view
1903
Inoue Yasuji
