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Vrouw met kind op de arm

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artist from China who visited London in the 18th century (1728–1796) · 1728–1796

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Date: c. 1775
Medium: wood (plant material)
Institution: Rijksmuseum

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.

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