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Figure (Bird (cockerel or rooster, chicken))
1720-1740
Description
This nearly colorless salt-glazed white stoneware figure imitates types in blanc de Chine and was molded in the form of a standing rooster or cockerel with an open beak. The bird is supported on a tapering foursided (roughly rectangular) base.
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Museum Object Number
2003.0013.112
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Mrs. Helen Shumway Mayer
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Object Number
2003.0013.112
Object Name
Figure (Bird (cockerel or rooster, chicken))
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1720-1740
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Rectangular label with red print: "D.M. & P. MANHEIM/ GUARANTEED GENUINE" and handwriting in pencil: "STAFFS. S.G./ circa 1760"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Solid red, circular sticker
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Techniques
- Molded
Dimensions (inches)
6.7 (H) x 3.3 (W) x 4.8 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
17 (H) x 8.4 (W) x 12.2 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Jorg, Christian J.A. Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. The Ming and Qing Dynasties.
• Similar blanc de Chine model with enamels appplied in Netherlands: p. 322, no. 382, late 17th-early 18th century.Book: Howard, David Sanctuary. 1997 A Tale of Three Cities: Canton, Shanghai & Hong Kong.
• Similar blanc de Chine model, left in the white: p. 84, no. 90, one of a pair at Burghley House (England), c. 1720Book: Godden, Geoffrey A. 1979 Oriental Export Market Porcelain.
• Blanc de Chine rooster: p. 273, fig. 201.Book: Aronson, Robert & Lambooy, Suzanne M. R. 2010 Dutch Delftware including "Facing East: Oriental Sources for Dutch Delftware Chinoiserie Figures"...
• Somewhat similarly modeled polychrome Dutch Delft and Kangxi (Chinese porcelain) versions: p. 8, fig. 9, Delft, Netherlands, c. 1710-30; fig. 10, Kangxi (1662-1722) blanc de Chine decorated in Netherlands. Much like Winterthur's. (See Registrar's file.)Article: Impey, Oliver. 2002 Japanese Porcelain at Burghley House: The Inventory of 1688 and sale of 1888. Metropolitan Museum Journal. 37: 117-131.
• 1688 Burghley inventory "2 painted Cocks" in Chinese porcelain, one in white as well as a Japanese example: p. 123-24, figs. 8, 12 showing Chinese and Japanese versions.Book: 1986 The Burghley Porcelains: An Exhibition from the Burghley House Collection and Based on the 1688 Inventory and 1690 Devonshire Schedule.
• Polychrome enameled and mostly white Japanese versions at Burghley: pp. 222-225, nos. 90-91, Edo period, Arita ware, late 1600sCatalogue: Aronson Antiquairs of Amsterdam. 2024 Delftware The French Connection: A Parisien Private Collection and Other Recent Acquisitions.
• Dutch Delftware similar form figure of a cockerel: pp. 72-73, no. 28, Delft, c. 1740, noting after Japanese porcelain original.