A GREEN-GLAZED BIRD FEEDER 11th-14th Century The rounded sides thinning to a point at the foot and rising to a slightly overhanging rim with a metal mount, the shoulders set with double loop handles, the exterior covered in an olive green glaze with a thin crackle, the interior glazed in brown slip. 6.3cm (2 1/2in) high. Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 十一至十四世紀 青釉鳥食罐 Provenance: Dr Carl Kempe (1884-1967), Ekolsund (label) Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, on 9 January 2009 (collector's notes) Published and Illustrated: B.Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, p.44, no.73 (dated as Song) M.White, Beasts at the Whites' House: A selection of ceramics from the Whites' House collection, vol.1, n.p, 2020, p.162(2) 來源： Carl Kempe博士(1884-1967)，瑞典埃科松德（標簽） 獲得于倫敦古董商R & G McPherson Antiques，2009年1月9日（藏家筆記） 著錄：B.Gyllensvard，《Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection》，斯德哥爾摩，1964年，第44頁，編號73（斷代為宋） M.White，《Beasts at the Whites' House: A selection of ceramics from the Whites' House collection》，第1冊，無出版地，2020年，第162（2）頁 Dr. Carl Kempe (1884-1967) was a prominent Swedish industrialist who served as the CEO of Mo och Domsjö AB, a leading company in the Swedish pulp and paper industry. Dr. Kempe resided at Ekolsund, a historic former Swedish royal palace, where he also maintained his distinguished art collection. As an early and active member of the Oriental Ceramic Society, he amassed one of the finest European collections of Chinese art created in the mid-twentieth century. Bird feeders occupy a distinctive position within the field of antique ceramics, belonging to the category of scholarly or leisure objects. Their production and use are closely associated with China's long-standing culture of bird appreciation, a pursuit embraced across social strata from the Imperial Court to the literati. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing