A Porcelain Mender
1790
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1790
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
A Porcelain Mender is a 1790 paint by Puqua, a company_painting work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
You see a man seated at a wooden table. He holds a porcelain bowl, examining a crack. Light falls on his hands and the bowl’s edges. This painting comes from a set of 100 showing jobs in Canton. Europeans bought them to learn about China. The artist paid close attention to small details. Look up Puqua to see more paintings from this set.
