Man Thumping the Tambourine
Pu-Qua
Basic information
- ID
- Г-IV-5531/28
- Author
- Pu-Qua
- Name
- Man Thumping the Tambourine
- Date of creation
- late 17th – early 18th c.
- Country
- China
- Culture
- Far East
- Technique
- etching watercolor 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
Object description
A dancing man with a shaved head is depicted full face, with his head turned three quarters to the left. He is dressed in a gray caftan and blue pants tucked into fabric shoes. In his left hand, the man holds a tambourine raised behind his head. The etching comes from the album "Chinese Customs and National Costumes", which includes 60 images of Chinese people engaged in various activities. Each image is accompanied by an explanation in German; some of them are written in French. In the eighteenth century, artists in Canton (Guangzhou) in southern China created such paintings for Europeans seeking to learn more about China and its people.
Inscriptions
In the lower left corner, there is a calligraphic inscription "Pu-Qua.Canton. Delin'' made in Indian ink. In the lower right corner, there is an inscription "Dadley.London.Sculpt". There is a number "28" in the upper right corner.
