MODEL OF A SMALL PARAKEET Meissen, ca. 1740.

Sitting on a tree stump with its head turned sideways. Painted in light green and accentuated in yellow and red. Traces of a blue sword mark on the unglazed underside.
H 11.7 cm.

Restoration.

Provenance:
- The Lesley and Emma Shaefer Collection, Sotheby's New York, 2 October 2017, Lot No. 3.
- Aristocratic private collection, Southern Germany.

Exhibition:
In the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York since 1973, through the bequest of Mrs. Emma Shaefer, as part of a donation of exhibits comprising 700 items.