Caption

Shoulao on a deer - incense burner, unknown sculptor, deer, Chinese art, Chinese culture, restitution provenance, Taoism, incense burners, Shouxing iconography, sages, Qing 1644–1911, 18th century, China, sculpture, height 23.7 cm, A small bronze sculpture depicting a robed figure seated on the back of an animal that resembles a deer or camel, the figure wearing a tall rounded hat and a long flowing robe with visible folds, a beard and a calm facial expression, the animal shown standing with slender legs and slightly raised hooves and a gently curved tail, the surface showing a patina with dark brown and golden highlights, set against a light gray to white gradient background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A28_305

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Rights managed

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77.2Mb (1.1Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Shoulao deer - incense burner unknown sculptor deer Chinese art Chinese culture restitution provenance Taoism incense burners Shouxing iconography sages Qing 1644–1911 18th century China sculpture height 23.7 cm small bronze sculpture depicting robed figure seated back animal resembles camel figure wearing tall rounded hat long flowing robe visible folds beard calm facial expression shown standing slender legs slightly raised hooves gently curved tail surface showing patina dark brown golden highlights set light gray white gradient background.