Parrot
Zsolnay Factory (Hungarian)
c. 1910
- Medium
- earthenware with lustre glazes
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Dimensions
- Overall: 38.3 x 26.7 x 19.9 cm (15 1/16 x 10 1/2 x 7 13/16 in.)
- Culture
- Hungary
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Decorative Art and Design
- Credit line
- Gift in memory of Mrs. Magda Nàdasy, from her estate
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
This parrot's distinctive metallic sheen is achieved through a technique known as luster glazing, in which ground metals, typically silver, gold, or platinum, are incorporated into the glazing process. The parrot is decorated with green-gold luster, while the base is decorated with blue-purple-gold luster.
