Caption

Cricket Cage, Chinese, Qing dynasty 1644–1911, colored porcelain vessel depicting animals engaged in fighting cricket fighting, 1st half of the 19th century, height 17.9 cm, width 4.6 cm., A rectangular porcelain tray with rounded corners sits against a gray background, decorated with a painted scene of a group of people in a garden; the tray's interior rim is turquoise, the exterior field is off-white with painted areas of green, red, blue, purple, brown, and black, showing a few standing figures wearing colorful robes in shades of green, pink, purple, blue, and orange, a figure carrying a shoulder pole with hanging bundles, a group of figures interacting, a seated figure near circular objects, stylized green foliage and trees in the background, a low red fence motif, scattered darker green patches on the ground, and a large blue circular form near the right end, with a soft reflection visible beneath the tray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A23_318

License type

Rights managed

Available size

57.9Mb (1020.9Kb) / 20.0in x 11.3in / 6000 x 3375 (300dpi)

Keywords

Cricket Cage Chinese Qing dynasty 1644–1911 colored porcelain vessel depicting animals engaged fighting cricket fighting 1st half 19th century height 17.9 cm width 4.6 cm rectangular porcelain tray rounded corners sits gray background decorated painted scene group people garden tray's interior rim turquoise exterior field off-white painted areas green red blue purple brown black showing standing figures wearing colorful robes shades pink orange figure carrying shoulder pole hanging bundles figures interacting seated figure near circular objects stylized green foliage trees background low red fence motif scattered darker green patches ground large blue circular form near right soft reflection visible beneath tray.