Chinese man with a Bowl
Factory:
Frankenthal Porcelain Factory
Modeller:
Lück, Karl Gottlieb
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt.
Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, glazed, and painted in green, yellow, puce, iron-red, greyish-brown, and black enamels, and gilt. The approximately oval base is concave underneath and glazed, except for the edge. The upper part has a scrolled edge, and an uneven top painted green. On the viewer's left of the base there is a wide-mouthed white bowl with slanting gadrooning on the shoulder, supported on an incurved stem and small circular foot.The man stands on his right leg, with his left relaxed beside it. He faces towards the bowl and rests his right hand on its back edge. His left hand is extended a little way in front of him. He has greyish-brown hair, a droopy black moustache and eyes, and red lips. He wears a long iron-red and white striped gown with yellow cuffs and collar, and a puce striped sash. His shoes and conical hat are yellow.
History note: H.E. Backer, 121 Hatherley Court, Hatherley Grove, W2 from whom purchased for £18 by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum. Invoice dated 13 July 1943 in the Friends’ records for 1943.
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam
Height: 14.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1943) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
18th Century, Late
Production date:
circa
AD 1775
: Modelled c. 1774, but if if the 71 mark indicates the date 71 this view
Decoration
composed of
enamel
gold
Base
Width 10.4 cm
Inscription present: dot over the 1
Accession number: EC.46-1943
Primary reference Number: 140437
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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