Seller With a Tray
Pu-Qua, Dadley
Basic information
- ID
- Г-IV-5531/42
- Author
- Pu-Qua Dadley
- Name
- Seller With a Tray
- 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
A man in a straw hat is depicted in full face. He is dressed in a dark blue shirt and dark brown knee-length pants. There are no shoes on his feet. The man rests upon a T-shaped tray on which the goods are hung. Notably, one can see the ribbon rolls, a fabric bag with long handles, and handkerchiefs and bags tightened by long ropes. 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 "42".
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
