figure
- Museum number
- 1963,0422.10
- Description
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'Famille rose' figure of a European lady. The lady is modelled in an agitated pose, as if dancing, with her arms wide apart and her clothes swirling. She is characterized as a Western lady by her long blonde hair, which falls in loose strands onto her shoulders, is piled up under an unusual headdress in form of a green headband with tall red crown, and is fastened at the back with an
ornament with long pendant pearl strings. She is wearing a pleated red skirt with golden cloud pattern, a yellow blouse with a brooch at the collar and a pearl string round the waist, and an undergarment with triple lace collar.
- Production date
- 1736-1750 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 44 centimetres
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Width: 270 millimetres
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Depth: 165 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Harrison-Hall and Krahl 1994:
This fashionably attired European lady is difficult to interpret. Like the companion figure, the Jewish lady of BM 1963.0422.11, this figure may have been modelled after a costume print; but while the Jewish lady appears to be a realistic representation of a particular nationality, the present figure looks more like an idealized, romantic image of a Western lady, perhaps depicting a costumed dancer in a theatrical performance. (changed as previously the Jewish lady was thought to be Dutch)
- Location
- On display (G33/dc39b/s3)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1994, Taiwan, National Museum of History, Ancient Chinese Trade Ceramics
1995 27 Jan-26 Mar, London, BM, G91, East Meets West: Chinese Trade Ceramics in the British Museum
2009 Feb 7-Mar 29, Hayama, Museum of Modern Art, 'Self and Other'
2008 Dec 6-2009 Jan, Fukuoka, Asian Art Museum, 'Self and Other'
2008, Sep-Nov, Osaka, National Museum of Ethnology, 'Self and Other'
- Acquisition date
- 1963
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1963,0422.10
