Lot Essay
Cf. Carl Albiker, op. cit. (Berlin 1959), pl. 96 for a similar model.
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CIRCA 1745
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A Meissen model of a parrot
Circa 1745
Modelled by J.J. Kändler to the left with its head turned, its predominantly green plumage with pink crest to its head and red tips to its wings, perched astride a tree-stump applied with foliage (restoration to beak, tips of wings, tail, one claw of left foot, another claw lacking part of one branch lacking and chipping to foliage)
5½ in. (14 cm.) high
Circa 1745
Modelled by J.J. Kändler to the left with its head turned, its predominantly green plumage with pink crest to its head and red tips to its wings, perched astride a tree-stump applied with foliage (restoration to beak, tips of wings, tail, one claw of left foot, another claw lacking part of one branch lacking and chipping to foliage)
5½ in. (14 cm.) high
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