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Parrot: OC.64B-1938

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Parrot

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

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Description

One of a pair of small porcelain water droppers, in the form of a parrot standing on a rock. With two pierced holes, one at the beak and one at the wing. Hollow, and in green and aubergine. Unglazed beak

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Cecil E. Byas

Measurements and weight

Height: 10.5 cm
Width: 5.1 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938-01-19) by Byas, Cecil E.

Dating

K’ang Hsi (1662-1722)
1662 - 1722

Components of the work

Beak

Materials used in production

Porcelain

Identification numbers

Accession number: OC.64B-1938
Primary reference Number: 77787
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 14 July 2016 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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