Caption

Peacock figurine, Chinese, Qing dynasty 1644–1911, 19th century. Ceramic colored porcelain sculpture depicting a peacock with peacock feather ornament, images of birds, plum tree and tree trunk with flowers. Height 54.5 cm, width 14.0 cm, depth 12.5 cm, weight 2.9 kg., A ceramic sculpture of a bird perched on a textured base, showing a long neck and an upright crest; the bird displays a pastel palette with pale blue and green tones on its body, pinkish hues on its chest and face, and brown shading on its beak and wing tips. The wing features overlapping scale-like feathers in muted blue and gray, and a long tail cascades down the base with green and teal feathers highlighted by circular eye-like patterns in cream and gold and small accents of orange. The base resembles weathered wood or rock with blue-gray and brown tones and is decorated with a few pink blossoms and branches, and the entire piece sits against a neutral light gray background with a subtle reflective surface beneath it.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A22_257

License type

Rights managed

Available size

68.7Mb (1.8Mb) / 13.3in x 20.0in / 4000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Peacock figurine Chinese Qing dynasty 1644–1911 19th century Ceramic colored porcelain sculpture depicting peacock peacock feather ornament images birds plum tree tree trunk flowers Height 54.5 cm width 14.0 cm depth 12.5 cm weight 2.9 kg ceramic sculpture bird perched textured base showing long neck upright crest bird displays pastel palette pale blue green tones body pinkish hues chest face brown shading beak wing tips wing features overlapping scale- feathers muted blue gray long tail cascades down base green teal feathers highlighted circular eye- patterns cream gold small accents orange base resembles weathered wood rock blue-gray brown tones decorated pink blossoms branches entire piece sits neutral light gray background subtle reflective surface beneath .