Caption

Chinese Taoist immortal Jap. sennin, Japanese art, Immortals iconography, ceramic figurine of a male immortal, multi-colored glaze: white, red, brown, yellow, 19th century, Japan, possibly Seto, height 21.6 cm, The image shows the rear view of a small figurine seated on a rectangular base against a plain light gray background. The figurine has a rounded head with a pale yellowish top and darker brown sides, and wears a robe that is predominantly deep red with patches and streaks of green and yellowish-gold. One arm rests at the figure's side holding a pale, ball-like object, and the opposite side shows a raised sleeve with darker brown inside folds. The rectangular base is dark brown with a slightly glossy surface and shows small pale beige areas where labels or stickers appear to be attached. The overall color palette includes light gray, pale yellow, brown, deep red, green, yellowish-gold, and beige.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A27_444

License type

Rights managed

Available size

75.5Mb (1.2Mb) / 14.7in x 20.0in / 4401 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Chinese Taoist immortal Jap sennin Japanese art Immortals iconography ceramic figurine male immortal multi-colored glaze white red brown yellow 19th century Japan Seto height 21.6 cm image rear view small figurine seated rectangular base plain light gray background figurine rounded head pale yellowish top darker sides wears robe predominantly deep red patches streaks green yellowish-gold arm rests figure's side holding pale ball- object opposite side raised sleeve inside folds dark brown slightly glossy surface small pale beige areas labels stickers attached color palette includes light gray pale yellow deep red beige.