Woman Making Tea Balls
Pu-Qua, Dadley
Basic information
- ID
- Г-IV-5531/11
- Author
- Pu-Qua Dadley
- Name
- Woman Making Tea Balls
- 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
A woman is depicted sitting at a square table on an egg-shaped ceramic chair. The full-face image of the woman is turned two-thirds towards the observer's right. The woman wears traditional pink hanfu clothes with long sleeves, white edgings, and a short dark blue jacket decorated with black stripes and golden floral ornaments. The woman's hair is smooth, pulled back from the face and gathered in a bun on the neck. The woman is depicted with jewellery, particularly a gold earring in the ear and bracelets on her hands. The woman rolls the tea leaves into balls and puts them on a straw tray. 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 "11".
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
