Figure of a European Merchant, 1719, Chinese, Canton, Polychrome unfired clay and wood, Overall (confirmed): 12 15/16 × 5 9/16 × 5 3/8 in. (32.9 × 14.1 × 13.7 cm); Height of figure only: 11 9/16 in. (29.4 cm), Ceramics-Pottery, Amoy Chinqua, The figure is notable for the very high quality of the modeling of the face and wig, for the richly detailed costume, and especially for the impression it conveys of a specific individual. This is not a generic portrait of a European but rather a detailed likeness of a foreign merchant working in China, observed first hand
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Figure, European Merchant, 1719, Chinese, Canton, Polychrome unfired clay, wood, Overall, confirmed, 12 15/16, 5 9/16, 3/8, 32.9, 14.1, 13.7 cm, Height, figure, 11, 29.4, Ceramics-Pottery, Amoy Chinqua, high quality, modeling, face, wig, richly detailed, costume, impression, conveys, specific individual, generic portrait, European, detailed likeness, foreign merchant, working, China, observed first, hand
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