



A Pair of Large ´Fighting Cockerels´ Plates
Vollendet
2019-12-09
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Höchstes Gebot | 6500 SEK |
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Schätzwert | 6 000-8 000 SEK |
A PAIR OF LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ´FIGHTING COCKERELS´ PLATES, painted with two cockerels facing each other in a courtyard scene within a double circle surround with bamboo and other floral designs painted around the rim, early Qianlong period (1736-1795), diameter c. 28 cm
NOTE:
Plates with the same decoration were found on the Swedish East India Company ship "Götheborg" wrecked outside of Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1745.
PROVENANCE:
From a Swedish private collection, purchased during the mid 20th century.