Paperweight — horse and monkey; maker, subject: horse and monkeys; materials/implements for painting; culture: Chinese; style/period: Qing 1644–1911, 18th–19th century; function: decoration; dimensions: height 6.6 cm, width 4.3 cm., A small smooth pale object with a creamy white color sits on a flat surface, carved into the shape of two rounded animals positioned close together with flowing curved lines and subtle raised details; the background is a gradient of dark charcoal to deep gray fading toward the bottom, and the surface beneath the object is a lighter gray that reflects a faint soft shadow.
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Paperweight — horse and monkey; maker, subject: horse and monkeys; materials/implements for painting; culture: Chinese; style/period: Qing 1644–1911, 18th–19th century; function: decoration; dimensions: height 6.6 cm, width 4.3 cm., A small smooth pale object with a creamy white color sits on a flat surface, carved into the shape of two rounded animals positioned close together with flowing curved lines and subtle raised details; the background is a gradient of dark charcoal to deep gray fading toward the bottom, and the surface beneath the object is a lighter gray that reflects a faint soft shadow.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A30_217

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Keywords

Paperweight horse monkey maker subject monkeys materials implements painting culture Chinese style period Qing 1644–1911 18th–19th century function decoration dimensions height 6.6 cm width 4.3 cm small smooth pale object creamy white color sits flat surface carved shape two rounded animals positioned close together flowing curved lines subtle raised details background gradient dark charcoal deep gray fading bottom surface beneath object lighter gray reflects faint soft shadow.

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