A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE TURQUOISE-GLAZED PORCELAIN PARROTS
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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE TURQUOISE-GLAZED PORCELAIN PARROTS

THE PORCELAIN KANGXI (1662-1722)

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE TURQUOISE-GLAZED PORCELAIN PARROTS
The porcelain Kangxi (1662-1722)
The parrots perching on a naturalistically-modelled pierced rocky plinth, the ormolu base with chevron clasp and waved foliate moulded spreading base, one inscribed in ink to underside '238'
9¼in. (23.5cm.) high (2)

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These parrots are closely related to a pair in the musée du Louvre, Paris illustrated in P. Verlet, Les Bronzes Dorés Français du XVIIIe Siècle, Paris, 1987, p.26, fig.12. These latter parrots originally formed part of the collection of ormolu-mounted Chinese porcelain 'à fond bleu-turquoise' formed by Marie-Antoinette.