Miniature songbird on a pedestal, burnt bone, 19.2 millimetres long, 5.1 mm wide and 12.5 mm high, Lingjing site, north central Henan province, Palaeolithic period, between 13,800 and 13,000 years ago. PARIS (AFP) .- A miniature bird sculpted out of burnt...

A Chinese Export songbird. 19th century. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2012 Modeled perched atop pierced rockwork, its feathers picked out in black and brown 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high. Estimate $2,000 - $3,000 Christie's. Chinese Export Art. 23 January...