NO. 1910   A CHINESE BRONZE STAFF FINIAL SHAPED AS A BIRD

Cast as a seated bird with a fan-shaped tail and its wings tucked at its sides, all raised on a short cylindrical socket, with a paper label for the H J Lowenthal Collection, 122, together with a modern stand (2)
Han dynasty (202BC-220AD)
Height:14cm
Provenance: from the collection of Mr H J Lowenthal, no.122, acquired from Roger Keverne Ltd on 1st April 2011. 
 Cf. R Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang 玫茵堂 Collection, Vol.1, p.48, fig.13, for a related bronze finial.
汉代鸟形铜杖首