Porcelain Plate with "Disheveled Birds", One of Thirteen

A round white porcelain plate with a scalloped rim edged in green and brown. Painted in enamel colors, two long-tailed pheasants stand among green foliage and rocks, while a third perches on an orange-leafed branch at upper right and a fourth on the left. The gilt-edged rim frames the scene.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1758–1769

Medium

soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

4000 × 3971 px

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