A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BIRD FEEDER MING DYNASTY, WANLI PERIOD (1573-1619) Of oval quatrefoil form, the exterior decorated with a pair of phoenixes in flight with alternating clouds and Precious Objects, and the interior painted with an unusual winged dragon on a washed blue ground, on wood stand, with Reginald Howard Reed Palmer (R.H.R.P) label numbered '536'9.5cm long x 7.2cm wide, wood stand Provenance: Bluett & Sons, London, March 1939, purchased for £9-10s-0d, as recorded in the RHRP China ledger entry no. C 536 and described by RHRP as: 'Porcelain food dish for bird cage - painted in underglaze blue. Wan Li period.'The Reginald and Lena Palmer Collection, no C 536 明萬曆 青花鳥食器拍品來源：英國帕瑪家族顯赫私人收藏，家族檔案收藏記載道，1939年3月以9鎊10先令的價格購自倫敦知名古董商Bluett & Sons，描述為萬曆朝供鳥籠使用的青花鳥食器，收藏編號為C536號

the circular suspension rings cracked and two further scale chips to the sides