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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Figure of Boy

18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a boy, seated, with the left knee raised and both hands raised, presumably to carry an object; but the vase and hands are reconstructions and therefore conjectural. Both are smiling, and have shaved heads with a single knot of hair on the side of the head. Wearing patterned shirt-tunic, high-waisted baggy trousers and blue cloth shoes. Moulded, with flat unglazed base.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels
Brief description
Figure of a seated boy, porcelain painted in overglaze enamels; China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty, 18th century
Physical description
Figure of a boy, seated, with the left knee raised and both hands raised, presumably to carry an object; but the vase and hands are reconstructions and therefore conjectural. Both are smiling, and have shaved heads with a single knot of hair on the side of the head. Wearing patterned shirt-tunic, high-waisted baggy trousers and blue cloth shoes. Moulded, with flat unglazed base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 16.2cm
Styles
Credit line
Given by Mr C. N. Ades, in memory of his wife Andrée
Production
Register
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
FE.20A-1978

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Record createdFebruary 22, 2010
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