A turquoise-glazed taper vase Qing Dynasty, 18th Century

naturalistically formed as a leafy stem of bamboo growing from rockwork, to one side perches a small bird, the bamboo covered overall with a bright turquoise glaze, the bird and rocks glazed white and brown

The bird has been broken and restuck, with traces of glue around the feet and the tail. There is a small chip to the tip of the young bamboo shoot (about 0.5cm). Minor glaze firing imperfections include short firing cracks and burst glaze bubbles. Surface wear particularly along the extremities.
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