Masquerader

Date1759-1763

Artist/Maker Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (1745-1769)

MediumSoft-paste porcelain

DimensionsH: 8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1952-613

DescriptionA Chinese man, playing castanet’s, wearing a yellow robe, green cloak with puce lining, black boots and puce hat on a plinth encrusted with flowers.

Gold anchor period.
Label TextThis figure of a masked man in Chinese costume is playing the castanets. It is rare to find a European subject in an Asian costume depicted in porcelain.
InscribedGold Anchor mark on back of plinth
MarkingsNone
ProvenanceEx Coll: MacGregor Duncan, Bristol; Humphrey W. Cook, Richmond, Surrey, and London; Sir Edward and Lady Baron, London; Frank Partridge & Son, Ltd., London