A RARE CHINESE BRONZE 'HUNDRED BIRDS' VASE, GU. Qing Dynasty, 18th / 19th Century. The rounded central section supported by a splayed foot and rising to a flared neck, cast with various scenes of different birds, the central section decorated with two phoenixes in flight amongst large flowering peonies, the foot with a lotus pond scene with cranes, geese and kingfishers flying above floating mandarin ducks and resting herons, all amidst lotus flowers and reeds, the neck cast with pheasants perched on rocky outcrops as flocks of swallows and magpies fly overhead, with large flowering peonies and chrysanthemums amongst twisting blossoming prunus branches, 26cm H, 2.51kg. 清十八/十九世紀 銅花鳥圖紋觚