The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 21, 2025
Parrot
c. 1910
(Hungarian)
Overall: 38.3 x 26.7 x 19.9 cm (15 1/16 x 10 1/2 x 7 13/16 in.)
Location: 221 19th Century Decorative Arts
Did You Know?
The glaze technique on this parrot is eosin, which takes its name from Eos, the Greek goddess of dawn.Description
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.- Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1984.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 72, no. 2 (April 1985): 163–207. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 203, no. 92 www.jstor.org
- Year in Review for 1984. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 3-May 5, 1985).
- {{cite web|title=Parrot|url=false|author=Zsolnay Factory|year=c. 1910|access-date=21 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1984.190