Statuette (Animal Figurine) - Cockatoo

Ceramics and Glass Collection

Accession Nr.: 69.866.1
Date of production:
mid 19th century
Place of production: Bohemia (presumably)
Inscription: jelzetlen
Materials: metal frame; porcelain
Techniques: cast; painted in polychrome overglaze
Dimensions:
height: 43 cm
width: 18 cm
The naturalistically painted bird with red crest and brownish-yellow feathers sits on a rod that imitates a tree trunk. The figure is place in a metal ring and can be hung.

Literature

  • a kiállítást rendezte: Batári Ferenc, Vadászi Erzsébet: Historizmus és eklektika. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1992. - Nr. 178. (Katona Imre)