Large plate with Bull and Roosters
CultureChinese
DecoratedThe Netherlands
OriginChina
PeriodMing dynasty (1368-1644), Tianqi-Chongzhen period (1621-1644)
Date1620-1630; decorated in the Netherlands at a later date
MediumPorcelain with overglaze enamels
DimensionsOverall: 5 × 39 cm (1 15/16 × 15 3/8 in.)
DescriptionA large Chinese porcelain Dutch-decorated charger Kangxi 1662-1722, later-enamelled in Holland in the Kakiemon manner with a boy on a buffalo beneath a large grasshopper on a millet spray, a cockerel and hen scratching the ground, within a boldly decorated rim with panels of quail and phoenix on a colourful diaper ground
Credit LinePromised Gift from the Macdonald Collection
Object numberT15.2.52
Classifications
Asian CeramicsSub-classification
Chinese Porcelain - HausmalereiCollections
Status
Not on view
c.1700; decorated in the Netherlands c.1700-1720
Object number: G83.1.813.1-2
c.1700; decorated in Europe, c.1730
Object number: G83.1.821.1-.2
Artist / Maker: Minton
c.1830
Object number: G93.5.2.1-2
