Old Carved and Painted Hawk or Falcon on Natural Wood Base Chinese export when he could not find

when he could not find a cloth to wipe his slate

or sculptural paintings

the white and oranges are super lush

in a manner not unlike ledger drawings

Approximately 13 1/2" x 10 3/8" Some fraying to the blue silk ground and looseness to the applied woven silk edging along the sides

Old Carved and Painted Hawk or Falcon on Natural Wood Base Chinese export when he could not findI'm not the best at identifying birds, but certainly this is a bird of prey, either a falcon or a hawk I believe, with wire extending to form its crooked beak, and wonderfully large painted black eyes that make it seem keenly observant and poised not to miss a thing, miles around! Whether the base is original to it or not I can't say for sure, but they certainly feel akin, and there are two small holes in the wood into which the bird's wire feel