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SOLD BY THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COLLECTION (LOTS 447-450)
A HÖCHST FAYENCE MODEL OF A PARROT ON A TREE-STUMP
CIRCA 1750, MODELED BY JOHANN GOTTFRIED BECKER AND PROBABLY DECORATED BY JOHANNES ZESCHINGER
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A HÖCHST FAYENCE MODEL OF A PARROT ON A TREE-STUMP
CIRCA 1750, MODELED BY JOHANN GOTTFRIED BECKER AND PROBABLY DECORATED BY JOHANNES ZESCHINGER
The brilliantly plumed bird perched on a hollow brown and green tree-stump
15 in. (38 cm.) high
CIRCA 1750, MODELED BY JOHANN GOTTFRIED BECKER AND PROBABLY DECORATED BY JOHANNES ZESCHINGER
The brilliantly plumed bird perched on a hollow brown and green tree-stump
15 in. (38 cm.) high
Provenance
E.J. Hunt; Christie's, London, 6 July 1964, lot 105.
Edward and Kathleen (Kiyi) Pflueger, New York.
Bequest to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston upon the death of Mrs. Pflueger in 2006.
Edward and Kathleen (Kiyi) Pflueger, New York.
Bequest to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston upon the death of Mrs. Pflueger in 2006.
Literature
Horst Reber, Die Kurmainzische Porzellan Manufaktur Höchst, Munich, 1986, p. 59, no. 28.
Hugo Morley-Fletcher, The Pfleuger Collection, Early European Porcelain and Faience as Collected by Edward and Kiyi Pflueger, London, 1993, pp. 150-151.
Hugo Morley-Fletcher, The Pfleuger Collection, Early European Porcelain and Faience as Collected by Edward and Kiyi Pflueger, London, 1993, pp. 150-151.
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