Man Fixing the Broken Porcelain Vase
Pu-Qua, Dadley
Basic information
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 with a long beard wearing a straw broad-brimmed hat sits on a low stool, turned three-quarters to the left. He is wearing a long blue shirt and light brown trousers rolled up to his knees. The man is depicted barefoot. In his lap, the man is holding a cracked porcelain vase wrapped with thin rope, which he fixes with a pointed tool and a long wooden rail. The man sits surrounded by boxes, one of which bears a red label with hieroglyphics. The etching comes from the album "Customs and National Costumes of the Chinese," 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 18th century, artists in Canton (Guangzhou) in southern China created these paintings for Europeans eager 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 "23".
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
