Meissen: Plate from the 'Parrot service' decorated with Parrot and dog
Description
Automatic translation from Danish.
Meissen: Plate from the 'Parrot Service', c. 1740. Decorated in colours with a Bolognese dog making a large macaw parrot sitting on a stick surrounded by insects. The banner decorated with a leaf scroll in brown and gold. Sword mark in blue. Diam. 26 cm.
Provenance Director General Ole Olsen's collection no. 2913.
The motif is believed to have been created based on copper engravings by the Dutchman Petrus Schenk, who was the first to be sent to Japan to obtain motifs.
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