The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 22, 2024
Bird feeder
960–1279
(960-1279)
Diameter: 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.); Overall: 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.)
Location: not on view
Description
Walking small birds in bamboo cages furnished with precious porcelain feeders is a traditional leisure time pursuit of elderly men in China.- ?–1957(Frank Caro [1904–1980], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1957–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Beurdeley, Michel. The Chinese Collector Through the Centuries, from the Han to the 20th Century. Rutland, VT: C.E. Tuttle Co, 1966. no. 1221, p. 247
- China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 11, 2022-February 26, 2023).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1957.70