A sancai-glazed biscuit porcelain parrot.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION :

Most small-scale parrots generally take the form of water droppers.

This example is unusual in having no aperture and serving solely as a. decorative object. The sancai glaze, applied in splashes, recalls the so-called ‘egg-and-spinach’ decoration.

BIBLIOGRAPHY :

For a parrot of comparable size serving as a toy, see:

– The Copeland Collection: Chinese and Japanese Ceramic Figures, William Sargent, 1991, pp. 88/89, Fig. 36.

PROVENANCE :

– European private collection

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