A CHINESE FAMILLE-ROSE 'BOY AND CHICKEN' CUP
二十世紀 粉彩題詩雞缸盃 紅釉《大清乾隆年製》篆書款

A CHINESE FAMILLE-ROSE 'BOY AND CHICKEN' CUP

20th Century, Qianlong mark

二十世紀 粉彩題詩雞缸盃

紅釉《大清乾隆年製》篆書款

Painted around the exterior with a figural scene depicting a boy opposite a chicken in a field dotted with flowers and foliage, with an accompanying inscription and two red seals, the base with an apocryphal six-character Qianlong seal mark in iron-red

7.5cm diameter

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NOTE:

The subject of this jardinière is Jia Chang (b.713), a child prodigy that was trained from the age of thirteen to fight cockerels for the Xuanzong emperor (713-56). The boy is depicted as being alert and standing on his tiptoes, which forms the rebus 'qiao zu er dai', which means to expect something to happen soon.