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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A PARROT
Lot 163 PROPERTY OF THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A PARROT

CIRCA 1740, FAINT BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, MODELED BY J.J. KÄNDLER

Closed15 December 2015

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A PARROT
CIRCA 1740, FAINT BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, MODELED BY J.J. KÄNDLER
Perched on a tree stump applied with cherries
4 ½ in. (11.4 cm.) high

The Walker Collection; Christie’s, London, 25 July 1945, lot 4.
Gift of Irwin Untermeyer, 1964.

Specialist note

An almost identical model is recorded at the Schauhalle (Meissen) and is illustrated in C. Albiker, Meissner Porzellantiere im 18. Jahrhundert, Berlin, 1959, no. 98.