Caption

Seal stamp, fo iconography, buttons, Qing style, zoomorphic motifs, Chinese culture, Chinese art, lions iconography, painting implements, Qing 1644–1911, 19th century, China, seal stamp, height 6.2 cm, diameter 5.7 cm, A small sculpted object sits on a round base, showing a curled mythical creature with flowing, stylized fur and a sinuous body. The piece displays a metallic surface with a dark brown patina and highlights of golden tones on raised areas and decorative swirls. The circular base has a banded design with a row of raised dots and worn areas revealing darker brown and muted reddish accents. The background is a smooth, light gray that contrasts with the darker brown and gold of the object.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A26_300

License type

Rights managed

Available size

31.2Mb (530.8Kb) / 11.0in x 11.0in / 3303 x 3303 (300dpi)

Keywords

Seal stamp fo iconography buttons Qing style zoomorphic motifs Chinese culture Chinese art lions iconography painting implements Qing 1644–1911 19th century China seal stamp height 6.2 cm diameter 5.7 cm small sculpted object sits round base showing curled mythical creature flowing stylized fur sinuous body piece displays metallic surface dark brown patina highlights golden tones raised areas decorative swirls circular base banded design row raised dots worn areas revealing darker brown muted reddish accents background smooth light gray contrasts gold object.