A PAIR OF LARGE BLUE AND WHITE 'FIGHTING COCKERELS' PLATES, painted with two cockerels facing each other in a courtyard scene within a double circle surround with bamboo and other floral designs painted around the rim, early Qianlong period (1736-1795), diameter c. 28 cmNOTE:Plates with the same decoration were found on the Swedish East India Company ship "Götheborg" wrecked outside of Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1745.PROVENANCE:From a Swedish private collection, purchased during the mid 20th century.