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Woman Holding a Child
Chitqua, c. 1775
The Chinese denied European women entry into Canton. Despite this ban, several Western women nevertheless managed to visit Canton. The Chinese sculptor Chitqua might have made this statuette –possibly a portrait –on such an occasion. Quite exceptionally, the figure is carved from wood rather than modelled in clay, like Chitqua’s other known works.
- Artwork typesculpture
- Object numberBK-NM-10883
- Dimensionswidth 29 cm x depth 31.5 cm, height 57 cm x width 29 cm x depth 31.5 cm
- Physical characteristicspolychromed wood