Caption

Paperweight — heavenly horse;, ; Chinese art; Chinese culture; Qing dynasty 1644–1911; 19th century; figurine paperweight depicting a horse with flame motifs; painted sculpture; materials include painting implements; dimensions: height 5.7 cm, width 7.5 cm, depth 4.1 cm., A small sculpted animal figure shown in profile, reclining with its legs tucked under its body and its head turned slightly upward; the surface appears metallic with dark brown and bronze tones with areas of lighter golden wear; the mane is stylized with carved ridges, and there are rounded ears and a pronounced snout; the body is smooth with subtle carved lines indicating limbs and a curled tail resting against the haunch; the object sits on a neutral light gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A20_364

License type

Rights managed

Available size

62.8Mb (595.2Kb) / 17.5in x 14.0in / 5236 x 4189 (300dpi)

Keywords

Paperweight heavenly horse Chinese art Chinese culture Qing dynasty 1644–1911 19th century figurine paperweight depicting horse flame motifs painted sculpture materials include painting implements dimensions height 5.7 cm width 7.5 cm depth 4.1 cm small sculpted animal figure shown profile reclining legs tucked under body head turned slightly upward surface metallic dark brown bronze tones areas lighter golden wear mane stylized carved ridges rounded ears pronounced snout smooth subtle carved lines indicating limbs curled tail resting haunch object sits neutral light gray background.