Caption

Lemon-shaped paperweight, Chinese, Qing 1644–1911, 18th–19th century. Sculptural paperweight depicting a Buddha's hand fingered lemon. Materials: paperweight. Dimensions: height 6.0 cm; width 9.7 cm; depth 5.7 cm., A small irregularly shaped object rests on a smooth surface, showing a mix of translucent white, amber, and deep reddish-brown areas with glossy, slightly waxy reflections; the object has layered, wavy contours and rougher, granular patches within some sections, and it casts a soft shadow on the surface beneath it against a dark gray to near-black gradient background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A24_336

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77.2Mb (459.1Kb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

Lemon-shaped paperweight Chinese Qing 1644–1911 18th–19th century Sculptural paperweight depicting Buddha's hand fingered lemon Materials Dimensions height 6.0 cm width 9.7 cm depth 5.7 cm small irregularly shaped object rests smooth surface showing mix translucent white amber deep reddish-brown areas glossy slightly waxy reflections object layered wavy contours rougher granular patches within sections casts soft shadow surface beneath dark gray near-black gradient background.