Caption

Kui Xing figurine with a leg resting on a mythical fish-dragon; ceramics; Chinese; 18th century; sculpture; height 29 cm; iconography: Kui Xing, dragons, ao mythology., A white ceramic figurine of a person standing on a decorative base, shown in profile against a plain gray background; the figure wears flowing garments and a skirt-like lower piece, has an upturned face with defined facial features and a hair or headpiece element, and one arm extended while the other is bent; the base includes stylized wave and shell-like forms, and there are small areas of surface discoloration and roughness on parts of the figure and base; visible colors are white, gray, and small brownish spots.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A23_172

License type

Rights managed

Available size

79.7Mb (689.9Kb) / 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 iconography Kui Xing dragons ao mythology white ceramic figurine person standing decorative base shown profile plain gray background figure wears flowing garments skirt- lower piece upturned face defined facial features hair headpiece element arm extended bent base includes stylized wave shell- forms small areas surface discoloration roughness parts visible colors white gray small brownish spots.