Plant Seller
Pu-Qua, Dadley
Basic information
- ID
- Г-IV-5531/41
- Author
- Pu-Qua Dadley
- Name
- Plant 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
A man is depicted in full face. His head is turned to the right. The barefoot man is dressed in knee-length blue pants and a grey and purple shirt with three-quarter sleeves. A pale green ribbon and a ball of black thread are attached to the edge of the shirt on the left side. There is a straw hat on the man's head. With his right hand, the man holds a carrying pole on his shoulder. Flat baskets with pots of flowers, shrubs, and bonsai are attached to both sides of the shoulder pole. 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 "41".
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
