A PAIR OF FAMILLE-VERTE BISCUIT FIGURES OF PARROTS QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD |

each perched on a pierced yellow-glazed rockwork base, the green-glazed body with wings delicately molded and incised to delineate tucked feathers, the beak and feet unglazed (2)

Roger Keverne, London, 2008.

Fine and Rare Chinese Works of Art and Ceramics: Winter Exhibition, Roger Keverne, London, 30 October 2008, cat. no. 45.

One of the pair has losses to glaze throughout the surface. Another has an upside down 'V' crack sprayed and painted, one line extending from the neck to the tail, approximately 13 cm long, one line going from the neck to the lower belly, approximately 6cm long.
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