ELEVEN PAIRS OF CHINESE EXPORT CORAL PORCELAIN BIRDS, CHINA, QING DYNASTY |

comprising a pair of cranes, a pair of ostriches, three pairs of cockerels, a pair of parrots, a pair of pheasants, two pairs of birds all together with sixteen European rococo style giltwood stuck consoles d'appliques ; together with a pair of red enamel on sandstone model of a parrot, modern; together with a pair of red enamel on biscuit model of a bird, modern; together with four green enamelled pottery cache-pots and stands (restorations) ; together with a porcelain dove, Japan  (accidents and restorations)

Jean-Pierre Gros gallery, Paris (11 pair of coral porcelain birds).
Yves Saint-Laurent collection, hôtel Lutetia, Paris (dove) (by repute). 

R. Murphy, Les paradis secrets d'Yves Saint Laurent et de Pierre Bergé, Paris, 2009, p. 94 (a pair of modern birds, ill. p. 311).

There is wear to the gilding and to the enamels. There are some losses and tiny restorations. The bases can be easily removed.
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