A PAIR OF DUTCH DELFT GROUPS OF A GALLANT COUPLE AND PARROT CAGES, painted in colours and naturalistically modelled in relief; she, very slim with a narrow waist, wearing a tight blue bodice and a yellow necklace, her nude breasts protruding, with flowing yellow skirt, seated on a manganese red couch, beside a yellow cage containing a parrot, the shaped base applied with dozens of small parrots, he, very slim, wearing a buttoned blue vest, a pair of yellow trousers, holding a hat with his left hand, further en suite to the preceding (both with a tiny repair to nose, both with restored birdcage, tiny glaze frittings), circa 1770

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A PAIR OF DUTCH DELFT GROUPS OF A GALLANT COUPLE AND PARROT CAGES, painted in colours and naturalistically modelled in relief; she, very slim with a narrow waist, wearing a tight blue bodice and a yellow necklace, her nude breasts protruding, with flowing yellow skirt, seated on a manganese red couch, beside a yellow cage containing a parrot, the shaped base applied with dozens of small parrots, he, very slim, wearing a buttoned blue vest, a pair of yellow trousers, holding a hat with his left hand, further en suite to the preceding (both with a tiny repair to nose, both with restored birdcage, tiny glaze frittings), circa 1770
15.5 cm high

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