Timeless Nature: Property from a Private New York Collection
A Pair of Holics Faience Parrot-Form Ewers and Covers, Circa 1760-70
Lot Closed
October 16, 05:09 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
modelled standing on a grassy mound base, its plumage picked out in yellow, green, manganese and red, wearing a bejeweled collar with a ribbon strap forming the handle, the upper part of the head forming the separate cover, H marks in black enamel.
Height: 11 3/8 in.
28.9 cm
The Antique Porcelain Co. Inc., New York, bearing label
An example of this model was sold, Christie's New York, The Collection of Ann & Gordon Getty: Wheatland, October 18-19, 2023, lot 92, formerly in the Collection of Héli de Talleyrand-Périgord, Duc de Talleyrand, Christie's Paris, November 26, 2005, lot 109. A pair in the Pflueger Collection is illustrated in Hugo Morley-Fletcher, Early European Porcelain & Faience as Collected by Kiyi and Edward Pflueger, Vol. II, London, 1993, pp. 228-29.
