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It is very similar to the English figure of No-body also displayed in the British Galleries (museum no. C.4&A-1982) <br><br><b>Trading</b><br>The arrival of Portuguese ships in East Asian waters in 1514 signalled the beginning of new trading opportunities for European merchants. By the early 18th century, Chinese goods were widely available in Britain, the trade being dominated, on the English side, by the East India Company.<br><br><b>People</b><br>On his death in 1951 Basil Ionides, who came from a great Manchester family of museum benefactors, bequeathed his collection of Chinese porcelain in the European manner to the V&A. This figure was part of that bequest.","physicalDescription":"Figure of porcelain in the form of No-body, wearing a pair of blue striped bloomers, with a drinking glass.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"porcelain","id":"AAT10662"}],"techniques":[{"text":"painting","id":"AAT54216"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Porcelain, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue","categories":[{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"},{"text":"Figures & Decorative ceramics","id":"THES48954"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"EAS","id":"THES48596"},"images":["2006AN1348","2006AM9491","2006AM9489","2019LX1839"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"56D","id":"THES49242"},"free":"","case":"CA17","shelf":"","box":"6"},{"current":{"text":"56D","id":"THES49242"},"free":"","case":"CA17","shelf":"","box":"6"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Vessel","id":""}],[{"text":"Lid","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Jingdezhen","id":"x32230"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1680-1700","earliest":"1680-01-01","latest":"1700-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Bequeathed by Basil Ionides","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"22.7","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"15.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"maximum, elbow to elbow","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"13.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"front to back","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions checked: Measured; 23/04/1999 by sp","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Made in the Jingdezhen kilns in Jiangxi Province, China","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Vessel and lid, porcelain painted in underglaze blue, China, Jingdezhen, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), 1680-1700","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"Kerr, Rose and Luisa E. 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