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Round white porcelain plate with a purple bird standing on a rock, surrounded by green leaves, with smaller orange and green birds at the edges.

Plate with "Disheveled Birds" (One of Thirteen)

A round porcelain plate with a scalloped, gilt-edged rim painted with a purple pheasant-like bird standing on a rock amid green leaves and flowering sprigs. Smaller birds in orange and green perch at the upper left and right edges, all rendered in enamel colors on white.

Artist
Unknown
Date
ca. 1758–1769
Medium
soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
4000 × 3919 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1774).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

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

Español: Plato de porcelana con aves despeinadas, uno de trece

Un plato redondo de porcelana con borde ondulado y ribeteado en tonos dorados, pintado con un ave morada parecida a un faisán posada sobre una roca entre hojas verdes y ramas con flores. Aves menores en naranja y verde aparecen en los bordes superior izquierdo y derecho, todas en esmaltes sobre fondo blanco.

Português: Prato de porcelana com aves desgrenhadas, um de treze

Um prato redondo de porcelana com borda festonada e filete dourado, pintado com uma ave roxa semelhante a um faisão, em pé sobre uma pedra entre folhas verdes e ramos com flores. Aves menores em laranja e verde aparecem nas bordas superior esquerda e direita, todas em esmaltes sobre fundo branco.

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