Figure
1680-1700 (made)
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Object Type
The figure is made from porcelain painted under the glaze with blue and red pigments. It is very similar to the English figure of No-body also displayed in the British Galleries (museum no. C.4&A-1982)
Trading
The arrival of Portuguese ships in East Asian waters in 1514 signalled the beginning of new trading opportunities for European merchants. By the early 18th century, Chinese goods were widely available in Britain, the trade being dominated, on the English side, by the East India Company.
People
On his death in 1951 Basil Ionides, who came from a great Manchester family of museum benefactors, bequeathed his collection of Chinese porcelain in the European manner to the V&A. This figure was part of that bequest.
The figure is made from porcelain painted under the glaze with blue and red pigments. It is very similar to the English figure of No-body also displayed in the British Galleries (museum no. C.4&A-1982)
Trading
The arrival of Portuguese ships in East Asian waters in 1514 signalled the beginning of new trading opportunities for European merchants. By the early 18th century, Chinese goods were widely available in Britain, the trade being dominated, on the English side, by the East India Company.
People
On his death in 1951 Basil Ionides, who came from a great Manchester family of museum benefactors, bequeathed his collection of Chinese porcelain in the European manner to the V&A. This figure was part of that bequest.
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Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue |
| Brief description | [*] Nobody |
| Physical description | FIGURE of No-body with a drinking glass |
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| Gallery label | British Galleries:
NO-BODY The 1606 text of the play 'No-body and Some-body' was illustrated with an anonymous woodcut showing a man with no body. Potters working in London made ceramic figures of this popular character, probably basing them on a print or drawing. The Chinese porcelain figure made for export to Europe is probably a copy of one of these English figures.(27/03/2003) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Basil Ionides |
| Object history | Made in the Jingdezhen kilns in Jiangxi Province, China |
| Summary | Object Type The figure is made from porcelain painted under the glaze with blue and red pigments. It is very similar to the English figure of No-body also displayed in the British Galleries (museum no. C.4&A-1982) Trading The arrival of Portuguese ships in East Asian waters in 1514 signalled the beginning of new trading opportunities for European merchants. By the early 18th century, Chinese goods were widely available in Britain, the trade being dominated, on the English side, by the East India Company. People On his death in 1951 Basil Ionides, who came from a great Manchester family of museum benefactors, bequeathed his collection of Chinese porcelain in the European manner to the V&A. This figure was part of that bequest. |
| Bibliographic reference | Kerr, Rose and Luisa E. Mengoni Chinese Export Ceramics London: V&A Publishing, 2011, p.76, pl.104
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| Accession number | C.7&A-1951 |
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| Record created | March 27, 2003 |
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