The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of June 10, 2023

Bird feeder

960–1279

China, Song dynasty

(960-1279)

Glazed reddish-brown stoneware, Guan ware

Diameter: 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.); Overall: 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1957.70

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.

Provenance
?–1957
(Frank Caro [1904–1980], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
1957–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
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
Exhibition history

China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 11, 2022-February 26, 2023).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1957.70