A Pipe Maker
1790
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1790
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
A Pipe Maker is a 1790 paint by Puqua, a Patna School of Painting work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
You see a man in a shop bent over a wooden pipe. His hands shape the wood with tools. Light falls on his worktable, leaving his face half in shadow. These pictures were made for curious Europeans. They wanted to see daily life in Canton. The set shows 100 different jobs. Look up Puqua to see more from this series.
A rectangular watercolor painting from 1790 depicts a pipe maker at work in Canton, seated in blue attire at a wooden workbench while operating two foot pedals to shape metal pipes. Part of a set of 100 trade and occupation scenes, it was created to satisfy European curiosity about Chinese life and craftsmanship.
Read the full account in the museum source.
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