Caption

Paperweight — heavenly horse; maker, ; Chinese art; Chinese; Qing dynasty 1644–1911; 19th century; materials/objects: figurine sculpture functioning as a paperweight; subject: horse with flames heavenly horse motif; related to painting implements; dimensions: height 5.7 cm, width 7.5 cm, depth 4.1 cm., A small sculpted animal figure shown in a reclining pose with a turned head, rendered in dark brown and bronze tones with highlights of gold and hints of greenish patina; the surface shows smooth rounded forms and carved ridges suggesting a mane and stylized body details, set against a pale gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_363

License type

Rights managed

Available size

62.8Mb (549.6Kb) / 17.5in x 14.0in / 5236 x 4189 (300dpi)

Keywords

Paperweight heavenly horse maker Chinese art Chinese Qing dynasty 1644–1911 19th century materials objects figurine sculpture functioning paperweight subject horse flames heavenly motif related painting implements dimensions height 5.7 cm width 7.5 cm depth 4.1 cm small sculpted animal figure shown reclining pose turned head rendered dark brown bronze tones highlights gold hints greenish patina surface smooth rounded forms carved ridges suggesting mane stylized body details set pale gray background.