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251 A GILT-BRONZE SCULPTURE OF A BIRD ON PERCH

7TH CENTURY
The gilt-bronze wind charm of a bird on perch,
the eyes of bird inlaid in stone, applied with
feeder and water bowl
10æ in. (27.3 cm.) high

$30,000-40,000

EXHIBITED:
Osaka, Takashimaya Department Store, Nanba,
"Chosen Kogei Tenrankai," 1939.11.18-20.

LITERATURE:
Kushi Takushin, ed., Zusetsu Chosen bijutsushi
(Illustrated book of Korean art history) (Tokyo: Bunmei
Shokai, 1941)
Chosen Kogei Kenkyukai (Korean Craft Research
Committee), ed., Chosen Kogei Tenrankai zuroku
(Illustrated Catalogue of an Exhibition of Korean Crafts)
(Tokyo: Chosen Kogei Kenkyukai), 1941, no. 222

The present figure illustrated in Zusetsu Chosen bijutsushi, 1941, no number