THE ORMOLU PROBABLY MID-18TH CENTURY, THE PORCELAIN QIANLONG, MID-18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND CHINESE PORCELAIN PARROTS
THE ORMOLU PROBABLY MID-18TH CENTURY, THE PORCELAIN QIANLONG, MID-18TH CENTURY
Each with a green and yellow-decorated bird, standing on a pierced scrolling foliage and rocaille cast base
9½ in. (24 cm.) high (2)

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Lot Essay

Chinese parrots of this model exist in various colours including turquoise blue, blanc-de-chine and, as in the present case, polychrome colours with green and yellow dominating. They were mounted in France throughout the 18th Century, a fashion which was promoted by marchands-merciers. A pair of turquoise-glazed parrots of this model were supplied to Marie-Antoinette for Versailles, and are illustrated in P. Verlet, Les Bronzes Dorés Français du XVIIIe Siècle, Paris, 1987, p. 26, ill. 12.

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