Caption

Sage on a Mule;, cloisonné enamel; Qing 1644–1911, 19th century; China; sculpture depicting a sage riding a mule with men and figurines, mules, birds and zoomorphic motifs, plant motifs, meander ornament and scrolls; height 26.0 cm, width 25.5 cm, depth 6.0 cm., A small sculptural figure of a seated person wearing a tall hat and a long, patterned robe with visible swirling designs in blue, green, red, and gold tones, seated atop an animal resembling a horse or mule rendered in dark brown material with textured mane and limbs; the animal has a downward-tilted head and elongated ears, and there is a decorated cloth or saddle hanging down the animal's front with intricate multicolored patterns in blue, green, red, and gold; the figure has a detailed facial beard and a calm, closed-mouth expression, and the whole object rests on a neutral light-gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A23_145

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (919.0Kb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Sage Mule cloisonné enamel Qing 1644–1911 19th century China sculpture depicting sage riding mule men figurines mules birds zoomorphic motifs plant motifs meander ornament scrolls height 26.0 cm width 25.5 cm depth 6.0 cm small sculptural figure seated person wearing tall hat long patterned robe visible swirling designs blue green red gold tones seated atop animal resembling horse mule rendered dark brown material textured mane limbs animal downward-tilted head elongated ears decorated cloth saddle hanging down animal's front intricate multicolored patterns gold figure detailed facial beard calm closed-mouth expression whole object rests neutral light-gray background.