Man with Spices
Pu-Qua, Dadley
Basic information
- ID
- Г-IV-5531/54
- Author
- Pu-Qua Dadley
- Name
- Man with Spices
- Date of creation
- late 17th – early 18th c.
- Country
- China Austro-Hungarian Empire Poland
- 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 is depicted in full face with a three-quarters turn to the right. The head is shaved. On the back of his head is a thin braid tied in a loop. He is wearing a dark green shirt girded with a blue wide belt and grey breeches with a purple patch on his left knee. The man is depicted barefoot. He is holding a carrying pole on his left shoulder. On one end of the shoulder pole, to the man's right, there is a straw round tray with red pods, white briquettes, and bamboo leaves. On the other end of the carrying pole, to the man's left, there is a straw shovel with chicory roots and yellow and orange grains. 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 "54".
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
