Transport of Porcelain Overland
1780
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1780
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Transport of Porcelain Overland is a 1780 paint by Unknown, a Rococo painting work, depicting Jingdezhen Kiln, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows people carrying porcelain on horses and donkeys. It's part of a set of 24 paintings about China's porcelain industry. The paintings were made for Europeans who wanted to learn about Chinese porcelain. The Europeans were interested because they couldn't make true porcelain yet. These paintings helped them understand how it was made. You can learn more about this style by looking at the technique of chiaroscuro.
The rectangular watercolor, rendered in muted tones, depicts four figures resting on a wooded island while transporting porcelain in wooden baskets, one of a set of 24 works illustrating stages of the pottery industry.
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