Period:Qing dynasty Production date:19thC-20thC
Materials:ivory, wood,
Technique:carved, painted,
Dimensions:Height: 38 centimetres (with stand) Height: 32 centimetres Width: 27.50 centimetres (with stand)
Description:
Carved ivory figure of a standing woman holding a flower on a wooden base. She has an elaborate hairdo and wears tops and skirts with floral and embroidery patterns, all painted with colours.
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![图片[1]-figure BM-2018-3005.96.a-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_P1010544.jpg)
Comments:During the late Qing dynaty Western buyers liked to purchase images and arefacts that embodied ‘Chinese life’. One aspect of this fashion was the depiction of beautiful young women wearing fashionable clothing. This figure is typical of the genre.[Kerr, Allen & Shih 2016.]
Materials:ivory, wood,
Technique:carved, painted,
Dimensions:Height: 38 centimetres (with stand) Height: 32 centimetres Width: 27.50 centimetres (with stand)
Description:
Carved ivory figure of a standing woman holding a flower on a wooden base. She has an elaborate hairdo and wears tops and skirts with floral and embroidery patterns, all painted with colours.
IMG
Comments:During the late Qing dynaty Western buyers liked to purchase images and arefacts that embodied ‘Chinese life’. One aspect of this fashion was the depiction of beautiful young women wearing fashionable clothing. This figure is typical of the genre.[Kerr, Allen & Shih 2016.]
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![[Qing Dynasty] British female painter—Elizabeth Keith, using woodblock prints to record China from the late Qing Dynasty to the early Republic of China—1915-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/image-191x300.png)
