Pillow Seller
Pu-Qua, Dadley
Basic information
- ID
- Г-IV-5531/38
- Author
- Pu-Qua Dadley
- Name
- Pillow 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 image of a walking man is turned three-quarters to the right with his head turned to the left. The man's head is shaved, the hair on the back is braided in a thin braid. On his face, one can see a thin and long moustache. The man is wearing a blue shirt with rolled-up sleeves and short knee-length trousers of dirty purple colour. The shirt is girded with a belt. On his left shoulder, the man is holding a carrying pole to the edges of which six pillows woven from cane are tied. The pillows are of semi-cylindrical shape. 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 "38".
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
