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Figure

early 19th century (made)
Place of origin

Figure dressed in the costume of a boy from the Burmese-Yunnan frontier region. Hair, eyes and mouth are slightly tinted. He has two applied pig-tails of hair proceeding from patches of horn. He wears a removable costume consisting of a half-vest of faded red crepe and open-back trousers of fired blue and yellow brocade. He is further adorned with gold jewellery - a necklace, a pair of earrings, an armlet, bracelets and anklets.


Object details

Object type
Materials and techniques
porcelain doll with hair and painted features. Dressed in crepe and brocade and gold jewellery.
Brief description
Porcelain figure of a boy with a removable costume from the Yunnan-Burmese border. ca. late 18th - early 19th century.
Physical description
Figure dressed in the costume of a boy from the Burmese-Yunnan frontier region. Hair, eyes and mouth are slightly tinted. He has two applied pig-tails of hair proceeding from patches of horn. He wears a removable costume consisting of a half-vest of faded red crepe and open-back trousers of fired blue and yellow brocade. He is further adorned with gold jewellery - a necklace, a pair of earrings, an armlet, bracelets and anklets.
Dimensions
  • Width: 8.2cm
  • Length: 18cm
Credit line
Given by Mrs. Burney, 72 Iverness Terrace, Bayswater, W
Production
Burmese-Yunan border area.
Collection
Accession number
IM.45-1909

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Record createdNovember 15, 1999
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