Lot Essay
An example of this model is in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession number 64.101.793).
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CIRCA 1760
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A BOW PORCELAIN MODEL OF A CORMORANT
CIRCA 1760
Modeled with wings outstretched, turning its head to one side, on a mound base applied with shells and seaweed
3 7/8 in (9.8 cm.) high
CIRCA 1760
Modeled with wings outstretched, turning its head to one side, on a mound base applied with shells and seaweed
3 7/8 in (9.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 2 December 1950, lot 605.
Literature
D. Fennimore et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Decorative Arts, New York, vol. IV, 1992, p. 91, no. 86.
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