Square Dish with Hen and Rooster
Manufacturer
Bow Porcelain Works
(English, 1744 - 1776)
CultureEnglish
OriginEngland
PeriodGeorge III (1760-1820)
Datec.1755
MediumPhosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain with underglaze blue, overglaze enamels
DimensionsOverall: 3.3 x 19.6 cm (1 5/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
MarkingsPseudo square Chinese character
DescriptionBow dish after a Japanese original, with indented corners and slightly lobed sides. It is decorated in underglaze blue with red, green, yellow and blue enamels, in the Kakiemon style cockerel and hen pattern.
Credit LineThe Macdonald Collection
Object numberG04.18.26
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
English PorcelainCollections
Status
On view1620-1630; decorated in the Netherlands at a later date
Object number: T15.2.52
Artist / Maker: Worcester Porcelain Manufactory
c.1755-1760
Object number: G99.2.13
Artist / Maker: Bow Porcelain Works
c.1755-1760
Object number: G07.18.4a-b
Artist / Maker: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
c.1755-1760
Object number: G01.9.4