Caption

Lemon-shaped paperweight, creator unknown, Chinese, Qing dynasty 1644–1911, 18th–19th century. Carved as a Buddha's hand fingered lemon. Sculpture; height 6.0 cm, width 9.7 cm, depth 5.7 cm., A small irregular stone-like object rests on a smooth surface, showing a textured, bumpy form with glossy and translucent areas; its surface displays shades of brown, reddish-brown, orange, amber, cream, and pale gray, with darker brown patches and lighter translucent sections that catch the light, and a soft shadow extends from the object across the surface.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A24_341

License type

Rights managed

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77.2Mb (535.6Kb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

Lemon-shaped paperweight creator unknown Chinese Qing dynasty 1644–1911 18th–19th century Carved Buddha's hand fingered lemon Sculpture height 6.0 cm width 9.7 cm depth 5.7 cm small irregular stone- object rests smooth surface showing textured bumpy form glossy translucent areas surface displays shades brown reddish-brown orange amber cream pale gray darker brown patches lighter translucent sections catch light soft shadow extends object across surface.