A Chinese carved lapis Lazuli model of a hawk, the bird perched on rockwork with a sprig clasped in its beak, 16cm high, 20cm high overall including fitted wood standProvenance: Formerly in the collection of Maurice Collis, and by repute purchased in London in 1927. Maurice Collis was born in 1889 and entered the Indian Civil Service in 1911. He was posted to Burma, rising to the position of district magistrate in Rangoon in 1929. A photograph survives of Maurice Collis with the lapis hawk dating to circa 1930's. 民国 青金石鹰拍品来源：英国军官Maurice Collis私人收藏