Rust Orange Model 15372 Fishnet Duck Figurine from Herend, 1997

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A pair of conjoined ducks modelled in fine white porcelain, captured in contrasting resting and alert postures. One bird settles … Read more A pair of conjoined ducks modelled in fine white porcelain, captured in contrasting resting and alert postures. One bird settles low to the ground with its head turned and bill pointing downward, while its taller partner stretches upright with an arched neck and raised bill, watching forward. The two figures merge seamlessly along their lower bodies into a single unified composition. The surfaces are decorated by hand in herend's classic vieux herend fishnet pattern, executed in fine rust-orange enamel lines across the heads, necks, and bodies. Each scale motif is individually penned, creating a rhythmic feather-like lattice over the bright white glaze. In vivid contrast to the orange monochrome bodies, the wing feathers are rendered in polychrome enamels featuring graduated bands of deep cobalt blue, magenta pink, and soft turquoise. Both bills, tail feather accents, and plumage rims are highlighted with platinum lustre, bringing a reflective silvery sheen against the glossy ceramic body. The base bears the blue overglaze factory mark for herend hungary beneath a crown, inscribed 'handpainted first edition', together with model and pattern notation 15372/vh-pt and decorator cyphers. An impressed 'herend' stamp and mould number 15372 are also visible in the paste beneath the unglazed base edge.

produced around 1997, the group measures 10.2 cm high, 8.5 cm wide, and 7.3 cm deep. It reflects the hungarian manufacture's longstanding tradition of finely detailed porcelain animal figures, combining crisp sculptural modelling with skilled freehand painted decoration suitable for cabinet display. See less