Lot Essay
Cf. the pair of smaller, differently enamelled birds, described as parrots, in the Hodroff Collection, illustrated by D. S. Howard, op.cit., p.268, no.322. Another pair, similarly modelled but also smaller and differently enamelled, was sold in these Rooms, 1 November 1993, lot 27, when they were described as macaws; and a single bird was sold in these Rooms, 9 May 1994, lot 39