Caption

Sage sitting on a rock base;, Chinese art; Chinese culture; Qing 1644–1911; figurine of a man—scholar/old man associated with Chinese Buddhism; 18th–19th century; China; sculpture; height 32.5 cm., A dark brown wooden statue of a seated robed figure with a long beard and a smooth rounded head sits on an irregular carved base that is reddish-brown; the figure’s garments have flowing folds and polished highlights, with one hand resting on a knee and the other holding a small object, and the base is textured with angular, rock-like forms and scattered rounded elements, all set against a pale gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A21_440

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Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (1.3Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Sage sitting rock base Chinese art Chinese culture Qing 1644–1911 figurine man scholar old man associated Chinese Buddhism 18th–19th century China sculpture height 32.5 cm dark brown wooden statue seated robed figure long beard smooth rounded head sits irregular carved base reddish-brown figure’s garments flowing folds polished highlights hand resting knee holding small object base textured angular rock- forms scattered elements set pale gray background.