Yellow robe, cricket and clown clay figure

[Yellow robe with cricket cover Wuchou clay figurine]

Yellow robe with cricket cover Wuchou clay figurine, late Qing Dynasty, 11.2 cm high and 3.5 cm wide
This clay figurine has a funny expression. It is dressed in an arrow coat, a green waist scarf and a mane hat. This kind of mane hat is also called “cricket cover”. Its shape is round at the bottom and sharp at the top, which is similar to the “cricket cover” of insects, so it is named. Most of the clay figurines in the opera of the Qing Dynasty were made by Wuxi Huishan and Tianjin clay figurine Zhang. There are two different types of production techniques, one is “coarse” and the other is “fine”. “Fine goods” are mostly based on the images of opera characters, and are made by hand, so they are also called “hand pinching opera text”. Its production method uses kneading, rubbing, kneading, clapping, pressing, painting, waxing and other techniques to create a very vivid image. The figure in this opera is simple and extensive in shape, bright and bright in color, free in writing, skillful in clumsiness, vivid and vivid
The opera clay figurine is a kind of toy in the Qing Dynasty, which is mostly based on opera stories and myths and legends. Both character modeling, character characterization and color configuration are closely related to character personality. The toy opera characters collected in the Qing Dynasty Palace correspond to the opera repertoire at that time, including “Hero’s Meeting”, “Two Movements to the Palace”, “Dingjun Mountain”, “Caoqiao Pass”, “Niutou Mountain”, “Zhao Jia Lou”, “Qunxian Formation”, etc. This clay figure is pasted with a paper sticker on the back, with the words “Hero Club” written on it. It should be the clown in the opera “Hero Club”