Caption

Plaque-lid, 19th century Qing dynasty 1644–1911, China; bas-relief carved jade with engraving; decoration of bats and plant motifs; three double recesses on the bottom; height 14.2 cm, width 15.4 cm., A smooth, rounded object with a pale green surface sits against a dark to light gradient background, showing subtle variations in green and faint bluish-gray veining; the object casts a soft shadow to the right and rests on a light gray surface, and the overall scene includes shades of dark gray, black, pale green, bluish-gray, and light gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A27_388

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (351.2Kb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Plaque-lid 19th century Qing dynasty 1644–1911 China bas-relief carved jade engraving decoration bats plant motifs three double recesses bottom height 14.2 cm width 15.4 cm smooth rounded object pale green surface sits dark light gradient background showing subtle variations green faint bluish-gray veining object casts soft shadow right rests light gray surface scene includes shades dark gray black pale green bluish-gray light gray.