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Mountain landscape with architecture on a base — bas-relief., craftsman. Chinese, Qing dynasty 1644–1911, mid-19th century. Decoration depicting mountain landscapes and architectural motifs. Sculpture; height 33.5 cm, width 27.5 cm., A carved, multi-tiered landscape sculpture sits on an ornate dark brown stand, with a range of earthy colors including pale yellow, grey, greenish tones, and deep red visible across the stone. The sculpture rises in jagged peaks and terraces, with intricately carved tree forms, layered rock ledges, and small pavilion-like structures integrated into the slopes. Delicate, lacy foliage and rounded canopy shapes appear across the terraces, and there are tiny carved figures and groupings of human-like silhouettes placed on ledges and pathways. The right side of the carving transitions to richer red hues and features more clustered, layered tree canopies, while the left and central areas are predominantly pale yellow and grey with textured rock faces and recessed grotto-like hollows. The dark stand beneath has an irregular, organic openwork pattern and short sculpted legs that lift the carving above a neutral light grey surface against a dark gradient background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A28_278

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77.2Mb (1.7Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Mountain landscape architecture base bas-relief craftsman Chinese Qing dynasty 1644–1911 mid-19th century Decoration depicting mountain landscapes architectural motifs Sculpture height 33.5 cm width 27.5 cm carved multi-tiered landscape sculpture sits ornate dark brown stand range earthy colors pale yellow grey greenish tones deep red visible across stone sculpture rises jagged peaks terraces intricately tree forms layered rock ledges small pavilion- structures integrated slopes Delicate lacy foliage rounded canopy shapes across tiny figures groupings human- silhouettes placed ledges pathways right side carving transitions richer hues features clustered layered tree canopies left central areas predominantly pale yellow textured rock faces recessed grotto- hollows dark stand beneath irregular organic openwork pattern short sculpted legs lift carving neutral light grey surface dark gradient background.