Figure
Watercolour
ca. 1870
ca. 1870
| Place of origin |
Watercolour, rectangular in shape, depicting a figure. They wear a long blue robe with deep blue trim at the chest and sleeves and orange trim on the skirt. They wear a blue hat and carry a black feather in their proper right hand. Their gaze looks up to the sky, their proper left hand points to the feather.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Figure |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Watercolour, Watercolours on paper, China, ca.1870 |
| Physical description | Watercolour, rectangular in shape, depicting a figure. They wear a long blue robe with deep blue trim at the chest and sleeves and orange trim on the skirt. They wear a blue hat and carry a black feather in their proper right hand. Their gaze looks up to the sky, their proper left hand points to the feather. |
| Dimensions |
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| Object history | Depicting the costume of a sage. The figure bearing the stamped name 'SAMSING' is rather idiosyncratic in this context. The size of the sheet and the use of a romanticised name stamp both point to its once forming part of the stock of a workshop geared to production for foreigners, but the subject of a figure in the dress of the pre-Qing period is uncommon. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.27-1922 |
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| Record created | December 15, 1999 |
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