Basket Maker
Pu-Qua, Dadley
Basic information
- ID
- Г-IV-5531/34
- Author
- Pu-Qua Dadley
- Name
- Basket Maker
- 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 man in a greenish shirt and brown pants is depicted sitting on a low chair. The man's head is shaved and twined around with a thin braid. The man is depicted barefoot. The full-face figure is turned three-quarters to the right. The man is weaving a vine basket. To the right of the man, there are three baskets placed inside one another. To the man's left is a cleaver and the twigs of the vine on the ground. 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 "34".
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
