Kneeling Figure Smoking an Opium Pipe: C.7-1948

Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)

Titles

Kneeling Figure Smoking an Opium Pipe

Maker(s)

Factory: Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Factory
Modeller: Malinowski, Arno

Entities

Figure

Categories

Hard-paste porcelain

Description

Hard-paste 'Blanc-de-chine'porcelain, moulded, and glazed. A Chinese man kneels, sitting back on his heels, and smoking an opium pipe which he holds in both hands. His hair is drawn back smoothly from his forehead and hangs down his back in a long pigtail. He wears a long robe with a standing circular collar, and wide sleeve ends with tassels on the lower edge.

Notes

History note: Copenhagen, Royal Copenhagen Porcelain factory

Legal notes

Given by the Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Company

Measurements and weight

Depth: 7.3 cm
Height: 14.2 cm
Width: 7.6 cm

Place(s) associated

Copenhagen ⪼ Denmark

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1948) by Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Factory

Dating

20th Century, second quarter#
1928 CE - 1940 CE

Note

Arno Malinowski worked at the factory from 1921 to 1935, and was responsible for some of its finest modern figures. ‘Blanc-de-chine’ was introduced at the factory in 1928.

School or Style

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

blanc de Chine Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Hard-paste porcelain, moulded, and glazed
Glazing

Inscription or legends present

Text: DENMARK with crown above
Location: On base
Method of creation: Overglaze printed in greenish-black
Type: Factory mark

Inscription present: three triple waves one above the other

Location: On base
Method of creation: In blue
Type: Factory mark

Text: 2342
Location: On base
Method of creation: Incised underglaze
Type: Number

Text: 2342
Location: On base
Method of creation: Painted in black
Type: Number

References and bibliographic entries

Plagiarism Personified? European Pottery and Porcelain Figures

Related exhibitions

Plagiarism Personified? European Pottery and Porcelain Figures

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.7-1948
Primary reference Number: 162439
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 4 June 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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