Pork Seller
Pu-Qua, Dadley
Basic information
- ID
- Г-IV-5531/8
- Author
- Pu-Qua Dadley
- Name
- Pork Seller
- 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
The figure of a man is depicted in profile with a turn to the left. The man is shown leaning over a low table on which a pork leg and loin lie. The man supports the pig's leg with his left hand and makes an incision with a wide knife with his right hand. The man is wearing a grey and blue shirt with long sleeves, two aprons, and wide straight ankle-length trousers. On his head, he is wearing a brown felt hat with a lapel, under which a long, thin braid falls to the waist. The man is standing barefoot. Behind the man is a round wicker basket with pieces of meat and a ball of thread on the lid. The etching comes from the album "Chinese Customs and National Costumes", 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 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 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 "8".
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
