18TH CENTURY, THE MOUNTS 19TH CENTURY

Chinese parrots of this model exist in various colours including polychrome, blanc-de-chine and, as in the present case, turquoise. They were mounted in France throughout the 18th and 19th Centuries, a fashion which was promoted by marchands-merciers. A pair of turquoise-glazed parrots were supplied to Marie-Antoinette for Versailles, and are illustrated in P. Verlet, Les Bronzes Doris Français du XVIIIe Siécle, Paris, 1987, p. 26, ill. 12.