Old Carved and Painted Hawk or Falcon on Natural Wood Base Chinese export inset ship

inset ship

About as haunting a portrait

3 3/4" l x 1 3/4" t x 1 3/16" wide and in very good condition

representing three different sizes with various degrees of fineness

or sculptural paintings

Old Carved and Painted Hawk or Falcon on Natural Wood Base Chinese export inset shipI'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