Caption

Mythical emperor, gift, Chinese art, Chinese culture, Qing 1644–1911, Qing style, figurine of a ruler in dragon robe with dragon iconography, 19th century, China, sculpture, height 41.0 cm, A bronze-colored sculptural figure shown from behind sitting on a hollowed base, with visible greenish patina and darker brown areas; the figure wears a rounded headpiece with vertical ridges and small protrusions, and has ear-like shapes at the sides; the upper back and shoulders are smooth and rounded, showing wear and mottled coloring in bronze, green, and dark brown; the base is ring-shaped with two open rectangular cavities revealing a darker interior and uneven surfaces, and the background is a neutral pale gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A29_347

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (1.2Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Mythical emperor gift Chinese art Chinese culture Qing 1644–1911 Qing style figurine ruler dragon robe dragon iconography 19th century China sculpture height 41.0 cm bronze-colored sculptural figure shown sitting hollowed base visible greenish patina darker brown areas figure wears rounded headpiece vertical ridges small protrusions ear- shapes sides upper back shoulders smooth rounded showing wear mottled coloring bronze green dark brown base ring-shaped two open rectangular cavities revealing darker interior uneven surfaces background neutral pale gray.