Vintage Chinese Shiwan Art Pottery Scholar Mudman Scribe Figurine H12cm X W8cm
£23.60
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Vintage Chinese Shiwan Art Pottery Scholar Mudman Scribe Figurine
H12cm X W8cm
A1 condition. No cracks, chips or crazing
A Scribe with Pen Paper & Inkwell
Moulded Glazed Figurine with Blue Glazed Clothes..
The Desk is a Marbles Blue and Brown and the Hands and Face remain Unglazed
The Base is Stamped CHINA with an engraved Number 57
'This item is a vintage collectable, and is a modern extension of a millennia-old Mudmen figurine tradition
Over 1000 years ago Chinese artisans during the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD) created miniature bonsai landscape bonsai; a craft known as Pen'Jing.... The ‘Mudmen’ figurines came to be a common addition to these small-scale landscapes
During the Manchurian Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1912) mud figures thrived, as they were different from ordinary figurines. They were made individually by hand and involved nearly all members of the village. After completion of the rice harvest when the dry season set in, villagers turned to figurine production to stimulate the economy'
Vintage Chinese Shiwan Art Pottery Scholar Mudman Scribe Figurine H12cm X W8cm
£23.60
Sale price
£23.60
Regular price