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White scalloped porcelain plate painted with a crested red and magenta bird on rocks, flanked by smaller birds and green clover sprigs.

Porcelain Plate with Birds Among Clover Sprigs

A scalloped white porcelain plate painted with a large crested bird with long plumes of red, yellow and magenta, perched on a rocky mound. Smaller birds with purple and blue plumage sit at the left and right within a border of green clover leaves.

Artist
Unknown
Date
ca. 1758–1769
Medium
soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
4000 × 3948 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1774).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Natural History18th centuryrococodecorative artsporcelain plateceramicsoft-paste porcelainenamel paintingchelsea porcelain

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