Seller of Tobacco Pipes
Pu-Qua, Dadley
Basic information
- ID
- Г-IV-5531/27
- Author
- Pu-Qua Dadley
- Name
- Seller of Tobacco Pipes
- Date of creation
- late 17th – early 18th c.
- Country
- China Austrian Empire
- Culture
- Far East
- Technique
- etching watercolour embossing
- Material
- Indian ink paper
- Dimensions
- 29.3 x 24.4 cm (height x width)
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 man in a straw hat turned three-quarters to the left is depicted in motion. The man is wearing a blue shirt with a brown belt and long grey pants. The seller is depicted barefoot. On his right shoulder, with both hands, the man holds a bundle of pipes with long bamboo shanks, to which two tobacco bags are tied. On the man's right hand, there is a basket with a flat bottom. In the basket, there is a wicker plate with pipes. 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 "27".
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
