Caption

Paperweight — heavenly horse;, Chinese; Qing dynasty 1644–1911; 19th century; materials: painted sculpture painting implements; subject: horse with flames heavenly horse iconography; dimensions: height 5.7 cm, width 7.5 cm, depth 4.1 cm., A small sculpted animal figure shown in profile lying on a flat surface, with a rounded body, curled legs tucked beneath it, and an elongated neck turned slightly upward; the surface appears metallic with a dark brown patina and highlighted areas of golden bronze, the mane is textured with parallel grooves creating a ribbed pattern, and the figure shows smoother worn areas and subtle surface variations in shades of brown and gold against a neutral light gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_362

License type

Rights managed

Available size

62.8Mb (687.2Kb) / 17.5in x 14.0in / 5236 x 4189 (300dpi)

Keywords

Paperweight heavenly horse Chinese Qing dynasty 1644–1911 19th century materials painted sculpture painting implements subject horse flames heavenly iconography dimensions height 5.7 cm width 7.5 cm depth 4.1 cm small sculpted animal figure shown profile lying flat surface rounded body curled legs tucked beneath elongated neck turned slightly upward surface metallic dark brown patina highlighted areas golden bronze mane textured parallel grooves creating ribbed pattern figure smoother worn areas subtle surface variations shades brown gold neutral light gray background.