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Pair of parrots

MEISSEN PORCELAIN FACTORY, Meissen (manufacturer), Johann Joachim KÄNDLER (designer)
Pair of parrots
 designed 1738; manufactured (c. 1745)

Medium
porcelain (hard-paste)

Measurements
(a) 11.9 × 9.2 × 4.8 cm (parrot)
(b) 11.9 × 8.0 × 4.7 cm (parrot)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Peter Wynne Morris, 2007

Gallery location
Special Exhibitions Gallery
Ground Level, NGV International

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Inscription
(a) painted (diagonally) in blue on base c.r.: (crossed swords)
impressed in base u.c.: 57
(b) painted (diagonally) in blue on base c.l.: (crossed swords)
impressed in base c.r.: C76

Accession Number
2007.693.a-b

Department
International Decorative Arts

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