Parrot (c. 1910): Art, History and Details

Parrot (c. 1910) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Zsolnay Factory (Hungarian).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the 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.

Object facts

• Title: Parrot
• Date: c. 1910
• Creator attribution: Zsolnay Factory (Hungarian)
• Culture: Hungary
• Type: Ceramic
• Technique: earthenware with lustre glazes
• Dimensions: Overall: 38.3 x 26.7 x 19.9 cm (15 1/16 x 10 1/2 x 7 13/16 in.)
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Department: Decorative Art and Design
• Accession number: 1984.190

A detail from the museum

The glaze technique on this parrot is eosin, which takes its name from Eos, the Greek goddess of dawn.

Collection credit

Gift in memory of Mrs. Magda Nàdasy, from her estate

Further reading listed by the museum

• Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1984.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 72, no. 2 (April 1985): 163–207.

View the collection record

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