Figure
early 19th century (made)
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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 figured blue and yellow brocade. He is further adorned with gold jewellery - a necklace, a pair of earrings, an armlet, bracelets (5) and two anklets.
Object details
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| 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, Burma, 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 figured blue and yellow brocade. He is further adorned with gold jewellery - a necklace, a pair of earrings, an armlet, bracelets (5) and two anklets. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs. Burney |
| Object history | Given by Mrs. Burney, 72 Iverness Terrace, Bayswater, W. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Museum records (Asia Department registers and/or Central Inventory) as part of a 2023 provenance research project. AM 5340/1909 |
| Production | Burmese-Yunnan border area. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IM.44-1909 |
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| Record created | April 7, 1999 |
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