Flute Seller
Pu-Qua, Dadley
Basic information
- ID
- Г-IV-5531/39
- Author
- Pu-Qua Dadley
- Name
- Flute Seller
- Date of creation
- late 17th – early 18th c.
- Country
- China Ukraine
- 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
The figure of a man playing the flute is depicted with a three-quarters turn to the right. The man wears long grey trousers, a long, dirty purple shirt, and a short black robe. There are fabric shoes on the man's feet. On his head is a hat with high brims decorated with a feather and pink ribbon. Over his right shoulder, two blue tied-together bags with flutes are hanging. 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 "39".
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
