Caption

Snuffbox, carps, Chinese art, Chinese culture, Qing 1644–1911, fish, glass stained purple with gold chloride, 18th century, China, vessel, height 11.0 cm, width 4.0 cm, A carved fish-shaped object with a glossy, translucent deep red surface and darker red to almost black shading, showing textured scale patterns and a ridged dorsal area, a sculpted head with rounded eyes and a slightly open mouth, curved fins and a forked tail with layered fin details, all set against a pale off-white to very light gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A21_456

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Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (484.3Kb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

Snuffbox carps Chinese art Chinese culture Qing 1644–1911 fish glass stained purple gold chloride 18th century China vessel height 11.0 cm width 4.0 cm carved fish-shaped object glossy translucent deep red surface darker red almost black shading showing textured scale patterns ridged dorsal area sculpted head rounded eyes slightly open mouth curved fins forked tail layered fin details set pale off-white light gray background.