Dish with Japanese court woman and birds
Unknown
early 18th century, decoration ca. 1750 · Hard-paste porcelain (Jingdezhen ware) · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
A Dutch rendition of a scene from a Japanese tale decorates this dish manufactured at the Jingdezhen kilns of southeastern China. The standing figure of a man wearing a stylized Chinese costume may have been borrowed from a Netherlandish print depicting what was believed to be Eastern modes of dress.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- early 18th century, decoration ca. 1750
- Medium
- Hard-paste porcelain (Jingdezhen ware)
- Culture
- Chinese with Dutch decoration
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- The Hans Syz Collection, Gift of Stephan B. Syz and John D. Syz, 1995
