Person Distilling Mashing
Pu-Qua, Dadley
Basic information
- ID
- Г-IV-5531/14
- Author
- Pu-Qua Dadley
- Name
- Person Distilling Mashing
- Date of creation
- late 17th – early 18th c.
- Country
- China
- Culture
- Far East
- Technique
- etching watercolour embossing
- Material
- Indian ink paper
- Dimensions (height x width, cm)
- 29.3 x 24.4
Additionally
- Type
- album sheet
- Genre
- genre art
- Provenance
- Purchased from a private individual
- Exposition
- Zolochiv Castle (Chinese Palace)
Information about author
Information about author
Object description
In the centre of the sheet, there is a low brick oven, on which stands a metal barrel with two pipes: a short, thick one on the left, covered by a fine net, and a thin, long one on the right, the end of which is immersed in a large jug. On the oven on the right side of the barrel stands a man who exudes liquid from the jug into a barrel. The man produces the liquor drunk by the upper classes in China, a type of wine made from rice steeped in water with other ingredients for several days and then distilled. The etching comes from the album "Customs and National Costumes of the Chinese," which includes 60 images of Chinese people engaged in various activities. An explanation in German accompanies each image; some are written in French. In the 18th century, artists in Canton (Guangzhou) in southern China created these paintings for Europeans eager to learn more about China and its people.
Inscriptions
In the lower left corner is a calligraphic inscription in Indian ink, "Pu-Qua. Canton. Delin.". In the lower right corner is an inscription, "Dadley. London. Sculpt". In the upper right corner is the number "14".
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
