Female Attendant

Kangxi period, 1662/1722

Chinese Qing Dynasty

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The sculpture portrays a kneeling person wearing colorful clothing. Their black hair is tied into two bunches that run behind their ears and down onto their chest. Their skin is white, and their facial features are minimal, showing thin, arched eyebrows, a small nose, and a smiling mouth. The person’s attire includes a black jacket with red, blue, and white floral patterns, over a green gown embellished with a blue-and-red floral border at the bottom. The person’s hands are outstretched in front of them, with the palms turned towards each other. The sculpture is crafted from a smooth, glazed material.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    porcelain with famille verte enamels on the biscuit

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (height): 14 cm (5 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.600


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Frank Partridge and Sons, London); sold 1911 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.

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Bibliography

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: 202-203, color repro.

Wikidata ID

Q62758555

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