清康熙　素三彩瓷牧童乘牛|Herdboy Riding a Water Buffalo

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late 17th–early 18th century · Porcelain with colored enamels on the biscuit (Jingdezhen ware) · Asian Art

This animated sculpture depicts a scene of peaceful life in China’s agricultural society. It is also an example of a remarkable innovation by craftsmen of the imperial workshops during the late seventeenth century: the application of enamel colors, originally used for metalwork, on porcelain, which significantly enlivened the pallet of ceramic decoration.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 17th–early 18th century

Medium

Porcelain with colored enamels on the biscuit (Jingdezhen ware)

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Charles Stewart Smith, 1893