拍品专文
Cf. Victoria Bergesen, Majolica, colour pl. VII; see also Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, op. cit., p. 55
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A MINTON'S MAJOLICA UMBRELLA-STAND IN THE FORM OF A HERON with a fish caught in its beak, after a model by Paul Comolera, its plumage coloured in shaded white, grey and buff with black wings and tail-feathers, standing on its right leg beside a hollow clump of bulrushes, on a rocky mound moulded with leaves and waterlilies and on a green circular base (restoration to head, neck and beak, to leaves and bulrushes, fish a replacement), incised facsimile signature, impressed marks and model number 1917, date code for 1879
细节
A MINTON'S MAJOLICA UMBRELLA-STAND IN THE FORM OF A HERON with a fish caught in its beak, after a model by Paul Comolera, its plumage coloured in shaded white, grey and buff with black wings and tail-feathers, standing on its right leg beside a hollow clump of bulrushes, on a rocky mound moulded with leaves and waterlilies and on a green circular base (restoration to head, neck and beak, to leaves and bulrushes, fish a replacement), incised facsimile signature, impressed marks and model number 1917, date code for 1879
38½in. (98cm.) high
38½in. (98cm.) high