Polychrome Delft Bird, Approximately 1770
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Available - Origin
- Delft, The Netherlands
- Period
- Approximately 1770
- Signature
- Marked in blue with " * " for `De Witte Starre´ (white star) factory´.
- Material
- Earthenware
- Reference
- 112-512
Description
A Figure of a Bird in Polychrome Dutch Delftware
With a yellow head and breast with Iron-red- delineated plumage, a green back and blue crest. Perched on a `perforated rock´.
Models of birds of this kind were produced in quite large numbers by Chinese potters during the Kangxi-period. These bird found great appreciation among the Delft potters, who began to imitate them.
Dimensions
- Height
- 9.30 cm / 4 in
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Literature
Fourest, H.P, Delftware, Fribourg 1980, p 182.