- Object name(s):
- Figure
- Brief description:
- Figure of a bearded Chinese man in soft-paste porcelain decorated with white glaze. He is in a long sleeved robe, and with a flat head-dress and is carrying a fly-whisk. On a base covered with scrolls.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Ceramics
- Associated concept:
- Porcelain
- Content - concept:
- man
- Content - concept:
- scrolls
- Credit line:
- Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
- Current reproduction location:
- https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2008BR9217/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 17.2
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 7.1
- Dimension:
- Depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 6.2
- Inscription content:
- 'Bristoll'
- Inscription interpretation:
- In relief at the back of the base
- Material:
- soft paste porcelain
- Object name:
- Figure
- Object number:
- C.1300-1924
- Object production date:
- ca. 1750
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1745-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1754-12-31
- Object production organisation:
- Lund and Miller
- Organisation's association:
- manufacturer
- Object production place:
- Bristol
- Place association:
- made
- Physical description:
- Figure of a bearded Chinese man in soft-paste porcelain decorated with white glaze. He is in a long sleeved robe, and with a flat head-dress and is carrying a fly-whisk. On a base covered with scrolls.
- Reproduction number:
- 2008BR9217
- Reproduction number:
- 2008BR9218
- Reproduction number:
- 2006BJ9126
- Responsible department/section:
- CER
- Technique:
- glazed
- Technique:
- Glazed soft-paste porcelain
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- Figure of a chinese man. Porcelain with white glaze. Bristol; 1750.
- Text reason:
- Summary description
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Beevers, David (ed.) Chinese Whispers: Chinoiserie in Britain 1650-1930, Brighton: The Royal Pavilion and Museums, 2008
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Brunel, George, et al, Pagodes et Dragons: Exotisme et Fantaisie dans l'Europe Rococo, 1720-1770 (Association Paris-Musées: Musée Cernuschi: Paris, 2007)
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/2483fa35-8144-3afa-b306-61baf4c55232
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/2483fa35-8144-3afa-b306-61baf4c55232, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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