Caption

Mountain Landscape with Architecture on a Base — Bas-relief; Unknown craftsman; Mid-19th century Qing dynasty, 1644–1911; Chinese; Sculpture; Decorations; Architecture; Mountain landscapes; Landscape motifs; Height 33.5 cm; Width 27.5 cm, A low carved wooden stand with an irregular, organic form, showing a dark brown surface with areas of lighter brown where the finish is thin; the stand has a rectangular top supported by a group of sculpted, porous legs and arches that create multiple negative spaces, and the overall texture appears smooth in places and pitted in others; the background gradates from dark gray at the top to lighter gray near the base, and the surface beneath the stand is pale gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A28_284

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (433.2Kb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Mountain Landscape Architecture Base Bas-relief Unknown craftsman Mid-19th century Qing dynasty 1644–1911 Chinese Sculpture Decorations Mountain landscapes Landscape motifs Height 33.5 cm Width 27.5 cm low carved wooden stand irregular organic form showing dark brown surface areas lighter brown finish thin stand rectangular top supported group sculpted porous legs arches create multiple negative spaces texture smooth places pitted background gradates dark gray top lighter gray near base surface beneath pale gray.