A Dumpling Seller
1790
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1790
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
A Dumpling Seller is a 1790 paint by Puqua, a Patna School of Painting work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a street vendor in Guangzhou selling dumplings. He carries a wooden yoke with two big baskets full of steaming dumplings. His face is lined from years of work. These 100 tiny trade paintings were made for curious Europeans in the 1790s. They wanted to know what daily life in China looked like. Look up Puqua, the artist who made this whole set.
A rectangular watercolor depicts a dumpling seller at a small wooden stall, shown folding small white dumplings while seated in blue attire, with a basket visible in the background. The work is part of a set of 100 paintings illustrating various trades and occupations in Canton, created for European audiences seeking information about China and its people.
Read the full account in the museum source.
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