This earthenware tile was made in a pottery in one of the Germanic regions of central Europe in about 1750. The Dutch had been importing blue and white Chinese porcelain for over a century by this period, and the delftware tile-makers had therefore long been producting tiles influenced by this in blue and white. The decorator at this German pottery manufactory probably knew Dutch tiles and may have seen popular chinoiserie prints too. He was probably also aware of the curious chinoiserie decoration created by J.G. Höroldt, Director of the painter's studio at the famous Meissen porcelain factory. He has created his own chinoiserie fantasy however, including in the centre a European carriage with rococo-style panels with Chinese-inspired elements, such as figures in pseudo-Chinese dress, exotic birds, outsize leaves and flowers, and buildings which have features of churches, castles and pagodas, all with a flavour of a German hunting scene. The rococo panels of the carriage in the centre, sugges a mid-eighteenth century date for this tile and its companion, museum number 149-1902.