Caption

Gate of Emperor Yu Dragon Gate - decorative panel, Chinese, fish, dragons, waves, fantasy animals and beasts; elongated rectangular carved openwork ornament; Qing dynasty 1644–1911, 19th century; sculpture; height 3.7 cm, width 27.4 cm, depth 10.9 cm., A vertical carved panel showing a sculpted mythical creature with a sinuous body and scaled tail amid stylized cloud forms and wave motifs, all rendered in metallic gold with areas of reddish-brown wear and bare wood visible along the outer edges; a group of open lattice-like cutouts appears behind the creature, and a rounded fish-like form rests near the lower section among carved waves, with background tones of gray around the object.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A28_480

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60.8Mb (2.7Mb) / 11.8in x 20.0in / 3542 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Gate Emperor Yu Dragon Gate - decorative panel Chinese fish dragons waves fantasy animals beasts elongated rectangular carved openwork ornament Qing dynasty 1644–1911 19th century sculpture height 3.7 cm width 27.4 cm depth 10.9 cm vertical panel showing sculpted mythical creature sinuous body scaled tail stylized cloud forms wave motifs rendered metallic gold areas reddish-brown wear bare wood visible outer edges group open lattice- cutouts creature rounded fish- form rests near lower section carved waves background tones gray object.