A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A PARROT, CIRCA 1745
Estimate:
8,000
A MEISSEN FIGURE OF A PARROT
CIRCA 1745
Blaustirnamazone, with blue, green and red plumage, perched on a low stump applied with leaves and red berries
height 7 7/8 in.
20 cm
Overall in good appearance and condition. One talon on left foot restored and some associated overpaint to surrounding area. Some typical small scattered chips to leaves on base, some of which have been color-filled in green.
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Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, New York
Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sotheby's New York, 25 April, 1998, lot 65
Sotheby's Scientific Research department used noninvasive XRF for this lot to screen the green enamel for chromium, which was not detected.