A MYTHOLOGICAL BIRD AS A TOPPER, 'SUPPANAHONG' Thailand, Rattanakosin period, 19th ct. H. 56 cm Bronze with gilding. Standing, with spread wings, raised tail and stretched head. The feathers and details of the bird finely worked, in the tail as an openwork kranok pattern. The base cylindrical, for pinning. This kind of mythological birds, corresponding to the fenghuang Chinese tradition, are found as a crowning on the roofs of temples and palaces, as well as on the barks of the royal family. Estate of Dr. Otto Schwend (1892 -1951), collected in Thailand between 1926 and 1938 and since then continuously in the family's possession Minor damages due to age