TWO DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE MINIATURE MODELS OF BIRDS
CIRCA 1760-1770
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TWO DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE MINIATURE MODELS OF BIRDS
CIRCA 1760-1770
One a parrot with sponged decoration after a Kangxi model, the other a pheasant with upright tail after a J.J. Kändler model for the Meissen factory
2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) and 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm.) high, respectively (2)
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See Taggart/Burnap, pp. 418-419, fig. 489, color plate 109 for an English creamware model of a pheasnt after the same Meissen model.
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