Tryptich of birds

These three birds are sculpted in the traditional oriental mway of allowing you to decide their expressions, attitudes etc. They are made of, from top down, Macassar ebony, walnut, african ebony. The offcentre stem is sycamore. As the two ebonys are endangere I use scraps and offcuts rather than try and buy thenm from a timber merchant and am lucky enough to have a few pieces I have legally and ecologically sourced. The base is english walnut and is 55mm (2 1/4") square  Overall height is 195mm (7 n3/4") It has been finished with a hard wax poliosh allowing frequent handling.