Bidspirit auction | Japanese White Glazed Porcelain Parrot

Japanese White Glazed Porcelain Parrot - Japanese white-glazed porcelain parrot, ca. 1860. Modeled with a fierce expression, wings slightly raised, with head turned. It is perched on a pierced rockwork base. Smoothly potted with slight modelling of the wings to suggest feathers. The eyes in a rich dark blue. Though it has been described as a hawk, it is more likely a parrot. Illustrated in Howard, ”Choice of the Private Trader, ” p. 269, no. 323. Provenance: Nuri Farhadi, Inc., New York, 18 March 1976; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff. Height: 9 in x width: 4 1/2 in x depth: 5 1/2 in. Condition: There are no visible restorations under UV light. To one wing, there is a large hairline that extends through the wing starting at the top and reaching nearly the tip of the wing. Some accretions to the face that could be cleaned. Light wear to the underside.