Caption

Gate of Emperor Yu Dragon Gate - decorative panel, Chinese, Chinese art; iconography: fish, dragons, waves, fantasy animals/beasts. Elongated rectangular carved openwork ornamental panel. Qing dynasty 1644–1911, 19th century. Sculpture; height 3.7 cm, width 27.4 cm, depth 10.9 cm; provenance unknown., A tall, narrow wooden panel with rounded corners showing a worn brown surface and areas of lighter and darker brown; the panel has two decorative cutouts with scalloped, wave-like shapes painted along their inner edges in red, revealing a pale gray background through the openings; there are remnants of adhesive patches and peeling paper on the surface in beige and off-white tones, and a small piece of string or twine near the top; the wood shows scratches, chips, and aged texture with hints of darker stain around the cutouts and edges.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A28_481

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60.8Mb (2.6Mb) / 11.8in x 20.0in / 3542 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Gate Emperor Yu Dragon Gate - decorative panel Chinese Chinese art iconography fish dragons waves fantasy animals beasts Elongated rectangular carved openwork ornamental panel Qing dynasty 1644–1911 19th century Sculpture height 3.7 cm width 27.4 cm depth 10.9 cm provenance unknown tall narrow wooden panel rounded corners showing worn brown surface areas lighter darker brown panel two decorative cutouts scalloped wave- shapes painted inner edges red revealing pale gray background openings remnants adhesive patches peeling paper surface beige off-white tones small piece string twine near top wood scratches chips aged texture hints darker stain cutouts edges.