Female Attendant, Kangxi period, 1662/1722

Not on View

Medium

porcelain with famille verte enamels on the biscuit

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Widener Collection

Accession Number

1942.9.596

Artists / Makers

Chinese Qing Dynasty (artist)

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Inscription

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

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

Bennett, William, Sir
Gorer
Widener, Joseph E.
Widener, Peter Arrell Brown

Technical Summary

The figurine is molded, as can be seen from the presence of bivalve mold marks running over the top of the head.

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.