Herdboy Riding a Water Buffalo

China

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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.

Herdboy Riding a Water Buffalo, Porcelain with colored enamels on the biscuit (Jingdezhen ware), China

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