Warrior; China; late 19th - early 20th century.
Porcelain.
Loss of the blade of the sword.
It presents seal in the interior zone of the base.
Measurements: 50 x 21 x 20 cm.
Round sculpture made of enamelled porcelain. The piece represents a warrior, dressed in his armour, which stands out for the detail and the chromatic explosion of all the details that make it up.
Objects of Chinese origin, such as porcelain, have been known in the West since ancient times. As some of the Prado Museum's catalogues state, "Chinese manufacturers soon realised that Europeans were not experts in porcelain and produced a vulgar, even flawed porcelain for export, but which in the eyes of Westerners were authentic works of art. Once the trade was regularly organised, the India Companies supplied Chinese artists with European models, both for forms and decoration. Throughout the 18th century, the blue-and-white series persisted, but of inferior quality, which was then called Nanjing porcelain, and especially the famille rose type.