A VERY LARGE MEISSEN WHITE PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A PARROT
MARKED IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITH CROSSED SWORDS ON THE SIDE, ALSO IMPRESSED TO THE INSIDE
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A VERY LARGE MEISSEN WHITE PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A PARROT
MARKED IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITH CROSSED SWORDS ON THE SIDE, ALSO IMPRESSED TO THE INSIDE
AFTER A MODEL BY J.J. KAENDLER IN THE 1730'S, FROM THE SERIES OF THE JAPANISCHES PALAIS IN DRESDEN, NATURALISTICALLY MODELLED IN RELIEF AS A VIGOROUS PARROT PERCHED WITH HIS HUGE CLAWS ON A GNARLED TREETRUNK APPLIED WITH BRANCHED IN RELIEF, WITH ELABORATE WIDE FEATHERED WINGS AND TAIL, HOLDING ITS HEAD DOWN, ON A CIRCULAR BASE (MINOR CHIPS)
110CM. HIGH
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