Caption

Paperweight - horse and monkey; creator, subject: horse and monkeys; materials/implements: painting implements; culture: Chinese; period: Qing 1644–1911, 18th–19th century; function: decoration; dimensions: height 6.6 cm, width 4.3 cm., A smooth pale off-white carved object rests on a reflective pale gray surface against a dark gradient background that transitions from deep charcoal to lighter gray toward the bottom; the carved piece has flowing curved forms and rounded protrusions with subtle carved linear textures on one side, and semi-translucent softer edges and curling ribbon-like elements on the other, casting a soft shadow on the surface.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A30_219

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (265.0Kb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Paperweight - horse monkey creator subject horse monkeys materials implements painting culture Chinese period Qing 1644–1911 18th–19th century function decoration dimensions height 6.6 cm width 4.3 cm smooth pale off-white carved object rests reflective pale gray surface dark gradient background transitions deep charcoal lighter gray bottom carved piece flowing curved forms rounded protrusions subtle linear textures side semi-translucent softer edges curling ribbon- elements casting soft shadow surface.