Female Attendant

Kangxi period, 1662/1722

Chinese Qing Dynasty

Associated Names
Chinese Qing Dynasty

Artist

The sculpture depicts a standing figure wearing elaborate robes with intricate patterns and vibrant colors. The robe has shades of green and yellow with floral and geometric designs in black and blue. The lower part of the garment has a yellow band with circular motifs. The figure is mounted on a multi-tiered rectangular base adorned with painted designs of plants. The material has a glossy finish.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    porcelain with famille verte enamels on the biscuit

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 22.5 x 8.6 x 5 cm (8 7/8 x 3 3/8 x 1 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.596

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sir William Bennett [1852-1931]. (Gorer, London); sold 1910 to Peter A. B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1910

  • Gorer 1910, 25, no. 77.

1911

  • Gorer/Blacker 1911, 2:fig. 87 (c).

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 23.

1998

  • Bower, Virginia, Josephine Hadley Knapp, Stephen Little, and Robert Wilson Torchia. Decorative Arts, Part II: Far Eastern Ceramics and Paintings; Persian and Indian Rugs and Carpets. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998: 201, color repro.

Inscriptions

in red ink on the interior of the base with a mark in the shape of a standing bird, perhaps a heron or crane

Wikidata ID

Q62285963

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