Caption

Deity of Longevity Shouxing/Shoulao holds a long traveling staff and a peach of immortality; his robe is decorated with cloud motifs, lingzhi mushrooms, and cranes in medallions. At his feet stand a servant with a vessel, a deer, and a crane. Stone/ceramic sculpture with peaches, figurines, cranes, and animals; Chinese, Qing dynasty 1644–1911, 19th century, height 54.2 cm., A carved wooden figure viewed from the back showing a robed person standing on a faceted base, holding a gnarled staff in one hand; a smaller figure stands beside the larger figure and an animal with a curved neck is positioned near the base; the carving has a deep reddish-brown wood tone with darker brown areas and small lighter-colored decorative inlays or spots, and the background is a uniform pale gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A21_448

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (1.4Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4499 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Deity Longevity Shouxing Shoulao holds long traveling staff peach immortality robe decorated cloud motifs lingzhi mushrooms cranes medallions feet stand servant vessel deer crane Stone ceramic sculpture peaches figurines animals Chinese Qing dynasty 1644–1911 19th century height 54.2 cm carved wooden figure viewed back showing robed person standing faceted base holding gnarled staff hand smaller figure stands beside larger figure animal curved neck positioned near base carving deep reddish-brown wood tone darker brown areas small lighter-colored decorative inlays spots background uniform pale gray.