Personnage debout, M.C. 9500

Author(s): changsha (ceramic production center) production date: around -100 type(s) of object(s): sculpture, beliefs - customs - cults - ceremonies, ceramics, china name(s): statuette, mingqi materials and techniques: stoneware, modeling, glaze = covered place(s) of execution/realization: hunan (province) dimensions - artwork: height: 12cm depth: 4. 6cm width: 5. 7cm description: standing figurine, placed on a base. Light red earth coated with a lead glaze that the copper colors green. Numerous gaps and irregular runs giving a green-yellow marbled appearance. Iconographic description: character, hands crossed on the stomach, wearing a bun on the top of the head. Quite crude treatment, particularly for the face with a pinched edge to represent the nose, two holes for the eyes and another for the open mouth. Historical commentary: old mu-fei collection themes / subjects / places represented: human figure acquisition method: manual donation name of donor, testator, seller: society of friends of the cernuschi museum date of acquisition: 1976 institution: cernuschi museum, museum of asian arts of the city of paris inventory number: m. C. 9500. Date: Vers -100.