Sage sitting on a rock base, unknown sculptor, Chinese art, Chinese culture, Qing 1644–1911, figurine of a man, Chinese Buddhism, scholar/old man, 18th–19th century, China, sculpture, height 32.5 cm, A carved figurine of a seated elderly man with a long beard, shown in profile, carved in a dark brown to near-black material; he wears flowing robes with smooth curved folds and holds a small rectangular object in his hands; the figure sits on a textured base resembling rock or stylized cloud forms in reddish-brown with darker and lighter patches; the background is a smooth neutral gray fading lighter toward the bottom.
Caption

Sage sitting on a rock base, unknown sculptor, Chinese art, Chinese culture, Qing 1644–1911, figurine of a man, Chinese Buddhism, scholar/old man, 18th–19th century, China, sculpture, height 32.5 cm, A carved figurine of a seated elderly man with a long beard, shown in profile, carved in a dark brown to near-black material; he wears flowing robes with smooth curved folds and holds a small rectangular object in his hands; the figure sits on a textured base resembling rock or stylized cloud forms in reddish-brown with darker and lighter patches; the background is a smooth neutral gray fading lighter toward the bottom.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A21_441

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (1.1Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Sage sitting rock base unknown sculptor Chinese art Chinese culture Qing 1644–1911 figurine man Chinese Buddhism scholar old man 18th–19th century China sculpture height 32.5 cm carved figurine seated elderly man long beard shown profile carved dark brown near-black material wears flowing robes smooth curved folds holds small rectangular object hands figure sits textured base resembling rock stylized cloud forms reddish-brown darker lighter patches background smooth neutral gray fading lighter bottom.

Please log in to download the high resolution file