Caption

Seal stamp, unknown creator; Chinese; Qing dynasty 1644–1911, 18th–19th century; seal stamp sculpture, Taoist subject depicting the Eight Immortals; inscription on the stamp; materials not specified; dimensions: height 9.3 cm, width 3.2 cm, depth 3.1 cm., A vertical rectangular carved object standing upright on a smooth surface, the material showing warm yellow and brown tones with areas of darker brown and subtle reddish veins; the top portion is sculpted in low relief with a figure wearing flowing robes and holding a fan, the carving exhibiting smooth rounded forms and fine folds, while the lower portion remains mostly plain with natural marbling in brown and reddish hues; the background gradates from a dark charcoal at the top to a lighter gray near the surface, and a soft shadow extends to the right of the object.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A24_360

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (458.2Kb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Seal stamp unknown creator Chinese Qing dynasty 1644–1911 18th–19th century seal stamp sculpture Taoist subject depicting Eight Immortals inscription materials specified dimensions height 9.3 cm width 3.2 cm depth 3.1 cm vertical rectangular carved object standing upright smooth surface material showing warm yellow brown tones areas darker brown subtle reddish veins top portion sculpted low relief figure wearing flowing robes holding fan carving exhibiting smooth rounded forms fine folds lower portion remains mostly plain natural marbling brown reddish hues background gradates dark charcoal top lighter gray near surface soft shadow extends right object.