Naturalistically modelled, the layered feathers of the broad wings delineated with rows of curls, tapering towards the upturned tail, glazed in bands of blue, amber and cream.
Provenance: Rolf, Lord Cunliffe (1899-1963), Honorary Keeper of the Far Eastern Collections at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
The Cunliffe Collection , no.PT22, and thence by descent
Exhibited and Published: Oriental Ceramic Society, The Arts of the T'ang Dynasty, London, 25 February - 30 March 1955, no.294
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