Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1750-1800 (circa)
Materials:porcelain, blanc de chine,
Technique:
Dimensions:Height: 25.30 centimetres Width: 125 millimetres Depth: 80 millimetres
Description:
White porcelain sculpture of a Dutch couple. The lady wears a long dress and a kerchief over her head and holds a handkerchief; the gentleman, in a short coat, tight breeches and a straight-brimmed hat, has his arm placed around her shoulder. Both are standing on a rectangular plinth with shaped openings, in the same way as figures of Chinese immortals.
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![图片[1]-figure BM-Franks.578.a-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00358923_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-figure BM-Franks.578.a-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00299793_001.jpg)
![图片[3]-figure BM-Franks.578.a-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00473588_001.jpg)
Comments:Harrison-Hall and Krahl 1994:This group is unusual in having been left undecorated. Unlike BM Franks. 578B and BM 1980.0728.666 which were made at the Dehua kilns where enamels were rarely used, this sculpture was made at Jingdezhen, where porcelain was rarely left plain. It may be one of the pieces sent to Canton to be decorated there, but mistakenly sent to Europe unpainted. Similar groups, painted in different ways, are for example, in the Mottahedeh collection (Howard and Ayers, 1978, vol. II, no. 648); and in the Espirito Santo collection (Beurdeley, 1962, pl. V).
Materials:porcelain, blanc de chine,
Technique:
Dimensions:Height: 25.30 centimetres Width: 125 millimetres Depth: 80 millimetres
Description:
White porcelain sculpture of a Dutch couple. The lady wears a long dress and a kerchief over her head and holds a handkerchief; the gentleman, in a short coat, tight breeches and a straight-brimmed hat, has his arm placed around her shoulder. Both are standing on a rectangular plinth with shaped openings, in the same way as figures of Chinese immortals.
IMG
Comments:Harrison-Hall and Krahl 1994:This group is unusual in having been left undecorated. Unlike BM Franks. 578B and BM 1980.0728.666 which were made at the Dehua kilns where enamels were rarely used, this sculpture was made at Jingdezhen, where porcelain was rarely left plain. It may be one of the pieces sent to Canton to be decorated there, but mistakenly sent to Europe unpainted. Similar groups, painted in different ways, are for example, in the Mottahedeh collection (Howard and Ayers, 1978, vol. II, no. 648); and in the Espirito Santo collection (Beurdeley, 1962, pl. V).
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