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Painting - Breaking china stone with water-powered trip hammers
  • Breaking china stone with water-powered trip hammers
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Breaking china stone with water-powered trip hammers

  • Object:

    Painting

  • Place of origin:

    Guangzhou, China (made)

  • Date:

    1770-1790 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Watercolour and ink on paper

  • Museum number:

    E.42-1910

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

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This painting is from a set of 24 depicting the porcelain industry in China. It shows men breaking china stone with water-powered trip hammers. Europe could not produce true porcelain before the 18th century. Artists targeted paintings such this at Europeans eager to find out the secrets of porcelain manufacture in China.

Physical description

This painting is from a set of 24 depicting the porcelain industry in China. It shows men breaking china stone with water-powered trip hammers. Europe could not produce true porcelain before the 18th century. Paintings such as this were targeted at Europeans eager to find out the secrets of porcelain manufacture in China.

Place of Origin

Guangzhou, China (made)

Date

1770-1790 (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Watercolour and ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 40 cm, Width: 60 cm

Exhibition History

Souvenir from Canton (Guangzhou Museum of Art 28/09/2003-04/01/2004)

Categories

Paintings

Collection code

EAS

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