Caption

Kui Xing figurine with a leg resting on a mythical fish-dragon, ceramics, Chinese, 18th century, sculpture, height 29 cm; depiction of Kui Xing, dragons and ao mythology., A white glazed ceramic figurine of a standing person on a textured base, shown in profile facing left; the figure wears a flowing garment with draped folds and a long cape that extends behind, and has stylized hair or headwear with a small protrusion at the top; the figure’s arms are bent at the elbows with hands positioned near the chest and waist, and one leg is slightly raised with the foot resting on the ornate base; the base is textured with swirling, cloud-like forms and shows some rough, darker areas and chips; visible colors are white and small patches of darker brownish or grayish discoloration against a neutral gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A23_170

License type

Rights managed

Available size

79.7Mb (1.1Mb) / 15.5in x 20.0in / 4643 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Kui Xing figurine leg resting mythical fish-dragon ceramics Chinese 18th century sculpture height 29 cm depiction Kui Xing dragons ao mythology white glazed ceramic figurine standing person textured base shown profile facing left figure wears flowing garment draped folds long cape extends stylized hair headwear small protrusion top figure’s arms bent elbows hands positioned near chest waist leg slightly raised foot resting ornate base base textured swirling cloud- forms rough darker areas chips visible colors small patches darker brownish grayish discoloration neutral gray background.