Porcelain figure of a cockerel

Description

A porcelain cockerel on an ormolu base. The cockerel is white with the mouth open as if crowing. The bronze base is decorated with leaves and flowers.

Object data

Accession number

MG 116 A

Creator

China

Date made

18th century AD

Materials

Ceramic; Porcelain; Metal; Copper Alloy; Bronze

Collection

Dimensions (cm)

Archival information

File of material relating to a figure of a cockerel. Includes photocopy of image of object which also records some basic information about it, namely, title, medium, origin and period (date unspecified), postcard (date unspecified) with image of similar crowing cock held by the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; photocopy of extract from catalogue of sale in French issued by Sothebys in Monaco (c. 4-6 December 1983) which describes and contains images of similar objects; photocopy of extract from 'Precious Vessels: 2000 years of Chinese Pottery' (Liverpool: Merseyside County Museum, 1980) by Eldon Worrall and edited by Margaret Warhurst. Contains image and description of similar object; note (date unspecified) which reads, 'according to Mr Kiddell Kien-Lang 1736-1795 or Kang-hi 1662-1722 but definitely 18th century and not later.'

Technique

Copyright Attribution

Porcelain figure of a cockerel | Ceramic,Porcelain, Metal,Copper Alloy,Bronze | 18th century AD | The Hunt Collection | PD

Provenance

Priority rating: 1b
Associated literature: Alison Petch,'Man as he was and Man as he is'. Journal of the History of Collections. Vol 10. No. 1. 1998 Catalogue of the Pitt Rivers collection. Vol.2. P. 136 Catalogues of the Pitt Rivers Museum, Farnham, Dorset. Antiquity, 73, 1999.
Current owner: Hunt Museums Trust. Limerick.
Previous owner 1: Mr and Mrs John and Gertrude Hunt (1900-1976;1903-1995) Owner Co. Dublin Ireland
Previous owner 2: Captain George Pitt Rivers (1890-1966) Owner Farnham, Dorset UK By descent Acquistion start date: 1927.
Previous owner 3: Mr Alexander Pitt Rivers (1855-1927) Owner Farnham, Dorset UK By descent Acquistion start date: 1900. Acquistion end date: 1927.
Previous owner 4: General Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers (1827-1900) Owner Farnham, Dorset UK Purchase Acquistion start date: 6 June 1885. Acquistion end date: 1900.
Previous owner 5: Mr Christopher Beckett Denison Owner London UK Acquistion end date: 6 June 1885.

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