Chinese Boy in a Creeper-like Tree
Factory: Derby Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain figure of a Chinese boy climbing in a creeper-like tree, painted in polychrome enamels.
Soft-paste porcelain figure of a Chinese boy, lead-glazed very slightly greyish-blue, and painted overglaze in yellowish-green, yellow, puce-pink, greyish-purple, orange-red, and brown enamels. The closed, unglazed base has an almost central depression, and five small patch marks or scars round the edge, where there are dribbles of glaze. The circular base has a rounded edge and rises up in the middle into a low tree trunk surrounded by branches which curve down to meet the base, and having three more which grow upwards in a tangly way. The Chinese boy has his right leg through one of the upper branches, and kneels on the tree trunk on his left knee. His features are picked out in pale brown, and red. He wears a floral patterned. white 'boiler suit' with a pink collar, and sleeve linings, a turquoise sash, and yellow low boots. The tree is coloured with washes and stripes of yellow, green, and brown.
History note: Uncertain before donor, Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson
Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson
Height: 22.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1950) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
Transitional Derby
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1755
CE
-
1756
CE
This belongs to the group of figures described as ‘Transitional Derby’ by Arthur Lane, although its modelling is very different from some of the others, such as the Seated Gentleman with a Dog (C.3069-1928).
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( yellowish-green, yellow, puce-pink, greyish-purple, orange-red, and brown)
Base
Depth 11.4 cm
Width 11.2 cm
presumed lead-glaze
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Slip-casting
: Soft-paste porcelain, lead-glazed very slightly greyish-blue, and painted overglaze in yellowish-green, yellow, puce-pink, greyish-purple, orange-red, and brown enamels. The closed, unglazed base has an almost central depression, and five small patch marks or scars round the edge, where there are dribbles of glaze
Lead-glazing
Accession number: C.95-1950
Primary reference Number: 82573
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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