Caption

Tiger — paperweight; maker: Fyodor Vasilyevich Rubiec-Masalski (1865–1920?); Tulisov, Jerzy (1943– ); subject: tiger; material/genre: sculpture, paperweight; cultural/style: Chinese art, Chinese, Qing (1644–1911), Qing (style); function: writing instrument, scholars/officials' paperweight; subject category: tigers (zool.); date: 18th–19th century; place: China; dimensions: height 6.3 cm, width 3.4 cm.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A40_440

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68.7Mb (2.3Mb) / 20.0in x 13.3in / 6000 x 4000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Tiger paperweight maker Fyodor Vasilyevich Rubiec-Masalski 1865–1920 Tulisov Jerzy 1943– subject tiger material genre sculpture cultural style Chinese art Chinese Qing 1644–1911 function writing instrument scholars officials subject category tigers zool date 18th–19th century place China dimensions height 6.3 cm width 3.4 cm smooth pale white carved object resembling animal figure shown resting glossy dark gray surface carving rounded limbs curled tail- form sculpted head subtle facial features white material displays faint natural veins slight variations translucency uniform dark gray background.