Caption

Guanyin on a dragon, Chinese, Qing dynasty 1644–1911, 18th century. Sculpture, figurine: height 15 cm, width 7.1 cm; dragon: height 4 cm, width 8.3 cm. Subject/iconography: Guanyin bodhisattva of mercy riding a dragon, dragon with a pearl; materials and style: Chinese art, Buddhism, dragons, goddesses., A group of dark brown sculptural objects sits on a smooth light gray surface against a soft gray background; one object lies horizontally with sinuous, branching limbs and claw-like ends, showing a few lighter brown highlights at the tips, while a taller, upright object beside it has a bulbous top, curving protrusions on its sides, and a slightly glossy dark brown finish with subtle lighter brown areas.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A26_256

License type

Rights managed

Available size

82.4Mb (858.7Kb) / 20.0in x 16.0in / 6000 x 4800 (300dpi)

Keywords

Guanyin dragon Chinese Qing dynasty 1644–1911 18th century Sculpture figurine height 15 cm width 7.1 cm 4 cm width 8.3 cm Subject iconography Guanyin bodhisattva mercy riding pearl materials style Chinese art Buddhism dragons goddesses group dark brown sculptural objects sits smooth light gray surface soft gray background object lies horizontally sinuous branching limbs claw- ends showing lighter brown highlights tips taller upright object beside bulbous top curving protrusions sides slightly glossy dark brown finish subtle lighter brown areas.