'Parrots' Ewer, circa 1905
Details
TIFFANY STUDIOS
'Parrots' Ewer, circa 1905
glazed earthenware
8 3⁄4 x 7 3⁄4 x 6 1⁄2 in. (22.2 x 19.7 x 16.5 cm)
incised under glaze L.C.T. P159
with custom Garden Museum Collection case
'Parrots' Ewer, circa 1905
glazed earthenware
8 3⁄4 x 7 3⁄4 x 6 1⁄2 in. (22.2 x 19.7 x 16.5 cm)
incised under glaze L.C.T. P159
with custom Garden Museum Collection case
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, 9 June 2000, lot 307
The Garden Museum Collection, Matsue, Japan
Allen Michaan, California, acquired from the above, 2012
The Garden Museum Collection, Matsue, Japan
Allen Michaan, California, acquired from the above, 2012
Literature
P. Doros, The Tiffany Collection of the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, Norfolk, 1978, p. 149, no. 226
T. Horiuchi, A Selection of 300 Works from Louis C. Tiffany Garden Museum, Japan, 2001, 124, no. 160 (present lot illustrated)
A. Duncan, Louis C. Tiffany: The Garden Museum Collection, Suffolk, 2004, p. 458 (present lot illustrated)
M. Eidelberg, Tiffany Favrile Pottery and the Quest of Beauty, New York, 2010, p. 97, no. 279
T. Horiuchi, A Selection of 300 Works from Louis C. Tiffany Garden Museum, Japan, 2001, 124, no. 160 (present lot illustrated)
A. Duncan, Louis C. Tiffany: The Garden Museum Collection, Suffolk, 2004, p. 458 (present lot illustrated)
M. Eidelberg, Tiffany Favrile Pottery and the Quest of Beauty, New York, 2010, p. 97, no. 279
Further Details
Another example of this model is in the collection of the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia (inv. no. 71.2907).
Sale Room Notice
Please note additional literature reference for this lot from Martin Eidelberg’s book Tiffany Favrile Pottery and the Quest of Beauty (New York, 2010).
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