Caption

Bird, Chinese, Qing dynasty 1644–1911; porcelain figure of a bird pheasant/phoenix, fenghuang iconography in colored porcelain on a brown gilded openwork base with braided ornament and rosettes; 18th–19th century, China; sculpture; height 40.4 cm, width 10.3 cm., A ceramic sculpture of a bird perched on a rocky base, shown in profile, with a crest and elongated tail; the bird displays pastel colors including pink, blue, green, beige, brown, and white, with layered textured feathers on the neck and body and multicolored tail feathers that flow down the base; the rocky base shows mottled blue, white, and brown tones and sits on a decorative metallic rim in gold.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A29_045

License type

Rights managed

Available size

68.7Mb (1.4Mb) / 13.3in x 20.0in / 4000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bird Chinese Qing dynasty 1644–1911 porcelain figure bird pheasant phoenix fenghuang iconography colored porcelain brown gilded openwork base braided ornament rosettes 18th–19th century China sculpture height 40.4 cm width 10.3 cm ceramic sculpture bird perched rocky base shown profile crest elongated tail bird displays pastel colors pink blue green beige white layered textured feathers neck body multicolored tail feathers flow down base mottled blue brown tones sits decorative metallic rim gold.