On a high, floral reliefed tree stump base, there is a sitting cockatoo with its head tilted downwards. The feather dress is reliefed, naturalistically designed, accentuated in iron red. Polychrome painting. Either by Johann Joachim Kaendler. Model number 1778 x. Sword mark. Height 36.5 cm. Compare with State Porcelain Manufactory Meissen, number 57a and b; Albiker, illustration 99f. Provenance: From the estate of a significant North German private collection. A large porcelain figure of a cockatoo. Crossed swords mark. Meissen. Circa 1924-1934.