Servant

anonymous, -0475 - -0221

This man squats, with his hands resting on his knees. He wears a short cloak fastened at his chest, along with trousers and short boots. His hair is gathered into a bun on one side. This figure was likely part of a larger object, probably as the base of a vessel or jug.

  • Artwork typeminiature
  • Object numberAK-MAK-1819
  • Dimensionsheight 5.3 cm x width 2.4 cm x diameter 2

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Servant

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-1819

  • Description

    De man staat in een gebogen positie met zijn handen op zijn knieën; hij draagt een korte jas die over de borst, broek en lage schoenen is gesloten; zijn haar is gebonden in een knot aan de linkerkant van het hoofd.

Creation

  • Creation

    maker: anonymous, China

  • Dating

    -0475 - -0221

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 5.3 cm x width 2.4 cm x diameter 2

Explanatory note

  • AK-MAK-1819 Vergelijk: (Houma) Robert Bagly, Li Xiating and Liang Ziming, Art of the Houma Foundry, Institute of Archaeology of Shanxi Province, Princeton 1996, p. 83, Figs. 1287-1302. Watson 1962, fig. 89c; (type of head) [exh.cat.] Thomas Lawton, Chinese Art from the Warring States Period - Change and Continuity, 480-222 B.C., Freer gallery of Art, Washington D.C. 1982, no. 37; [exh.cat.] Zürich 1986, no. 5; [exh.cat.] Essen 1995, no. 73; [exh.cat.] London 1996, no. 49a-b, 53 and 73; [exh.cat.] New York 1997, no. 10, 38, 47and 58; [sales.cat.] Roger Keverne, London 2001, no. 2. Zie voor de volledige titels de literatuurlijst in J.W.M. (Koos) de Jong, Vroege Chinese miniaturen. De ontsluiting van een cultureel fenomeen (proefschrift UvA), Amsterdam, 2020.

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (gift of dr. K. de Jong and I. de Roode, 2021)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Documentation

    • Koos de Jong, Vroege Chinese miniaturen (diss.), 2020, pp. 51-53, 86, 118.
    • Koos de Jong, Small China. Early Chineses Miniatures, 2021, fig. 62, p. 94.

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