Bird in Polychrome Dutch Delftware

Bird in Polychrome Dutch Delftware

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Name
Bird in Polychrome Dutch Delftware
Measurements
Height: 9 cm
Reference
VNAA112512
Colors
Blue, White, Yellow, Brown
Categories
Decorative Arts Decorative Objects Other Decorative Objects
Materials
Delft Earthenware
Periods
18th Century Antique Approximately 1770
Origin and period
Delft, The Netherlands
Subject
Figure
Description

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.

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