Sale 1327
New York
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20 - 21 January 2004
Price realised
USD 10,755
Estimate
A FAMILLE ROSE 'PARROT ON A PERCH' VASE YONGZHENG PERIOD The design sometimes attributed to Cornelis Pronk and also made at Meissen, painted on both sides with a richly coloured parrot holding a sprig of cherry in its talons as he stands chained to his perch, suspended from a melon-form ornament at the neck, within blue band borders 11¾ in. (29 cm.) high
Provenance
Jakob Goldschmidt, Berlin
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A five-piece garniture of this decoration and size was in the F. Gordon Morrill collection, sold Doyle New York, 16 September 2003, lot 25.
Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY OF A NEW YORK COLLECTOR
Ahead of an online sale that honours their close bond, Meredith Etherington-Smith traces the roots of a 40-year collaboration
The artist tells us about his meticulous recreation of a child’s toy in a work that became an instant icon when it debuted at the Whitney Museum in New York in 2014