A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED PARROTS
A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED PARROTS

KANGXI PERIOD

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A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED PARROTS
Kangxi period
Their heads slightly turned in alert pose, their bodies glazed in shades of green, the beaks left in the biscuit and traces of red cold-paint inside their mouths, pierced, splashed rockwork bases later-mounted in ormolu scrollwork
8in. (20.3cm.) high (2)