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Parrot on a ring perch
Dutch (Delft)
about 1750-70
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
Height x width: 19 x 13 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
The G. Ephis Collection—Museum purchase with funds donated anonymously, Charles Bain Hoyt Fund, John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund, Mary S. and Edward J. Holmes Fund, William Francis Warden Fund, Tamara Petrosian Davis Sculpture Fund, John Lowell Gardner Fund, Seth K. Sweetser Fund, H. E. Bolles Fund, and funds by exchange from the Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection-Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2012.624
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionLarge parrot with polychrome high-fired feathers in yellow, blue, green, and purple suspended from a yellow ring.
Marks
Unmarked
Provenance1998, sold by J. M. Béalu et fils (dealer), Paris, to the G. Ephis collection (private collector), France; 2012, sold by the G. Ephis collection to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 24, 2012).