A 'CALCUTTA TIGER HUNT' PLATE
A 'CALCUTTA TIGER HUNT' PLATE

CIRCA 1760

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A 'CALCUTTA TIGER HUNT' PLATE
Circa 1760
Finely painted with the European hunters and their hounds attacking a saber-toothed tiger on a riverbank, the smoke from their guns partially obscuring their prey and a caped onlooker on a porch at the side, the rim with a series of borders enclosing puce vignettes of Western landscapes and famille rose bird and tree shrew roundels
9in. (22.8cm.) diam.