Cotton Cleaner
Pu-Qua, Dadley
Basic information
- ID
- Г-IV-5531/33
- Author
- Pu-Qua Dadley
- Name
- Cotton Cleaner
- Date of creation
- late 17th – early 18th c.
- Country
- China
- 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 image of a man depicted in profile is turned to the right. The man in a blue shirt and grey short pants stands barefoot at the square table with the cotton on it. The man's head is shaved and twined around with a thin braid. A curved bar is tied to the man's waist along the back. A spinning comb is attached to the other end of the bar with a rope. The man holds a spindle in his left hand. 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 "33".
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
