Caption

Shoulao on a deer — incense burner, deer, Chinese art, Chinese culture, Taoism, incense burner depicting Shouxing and sages, Qing dynasty 1644–1911, 18th century, China, sculpture, height 23.7 cm, A small bronze sculpture shows a robed figure seated on the back of a camel; the figure wears a tall rounded hat and a long flowing robe with carved folds, and the camel has a slender neck, slightly turned head with pointed ears, and long tapered legs. The bronze surface displays dark brown and warm golden-brown tones with subtle polished highlights, and the piece rests on a pale gray to off-white background that gradates to a slightly darker gray toward the top.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A28_308

License type

Rights managed

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84.6Mb (622.8Kb) / 16.4in x 20.0in / 4931 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Shoulao deer incense burner Chinese art Chinese culture Taoism depicting Shouxing sages Qing dynasty 1644–1911 18th century China sculpture height 23.7 cm small bronze sculpture robed figure seated back camel figure wears tall rounded hat long flowing robe carved folds slender neck slightly turned head pointed ears tapered legs bronze surface displays dark brown warm golden-brown tones subtle polished highlights piece rests pale gray off-white background gradates slightly darker gray top.