Chinoiserie group

Derby Porcelain Manufactory

1750–55 · Soft-paste porcelain · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

This figure group is a representation of "hearing" from a set of the five senses: hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting, and touching. The figures, wearing brightly colored Chinese-style clothes, illustrate a fanciful European vision of the exotic East.

Artist

Derby Porcelain Manufactory

Date

1750–55

Medium

Soft-paste porcelain

Culture

British, Derby

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964