Caption

Shoulao on a buffalo — incense burner; maker, Chinese; men; buffaloes; Taoism; incense burner depicting a sage Shouxing; Qing dynasty 1644–1911, 19th century; sculpture/figurine; height 20.7 cm, width 20.7 cm, A dark brown carved figure of a bearded man wearing flowing robes seated on the back of a water buffalo, the buffalo shown in a walking pose with curved horns and a slightly raised tail, the man holding a small object in his hand and with detailed facial features and folds in his clothing, set against a pale gray background with visible color tones of dark brown, lighter brown highlights, and gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A28_300

License type

Rights managed

Available size

84.6Mb (769.9Kb) / 16.4in x 20.0in / 4930 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Shoulao buffalo incense burner maker Chinese men buffaloes Taoism incense burner depicting sage Shouxing Qing dynasty 1644–1911 19th century sculpture figurine height 20.7 cm width 20.7 cm dark brown carved figure bearded man wearing flowing robes seated back water buffalo buffalo shown walking pose curved horns slightly raised tail man holding small object hand detailed facial features folds clothing set pale gray background visible color tones dark brown lighter brown highlights gray.