Légende

Candlestick shokudai, lotuses, turtles, cranes iconography, Japanese art, Japanese culture, Meiji 1868–1912, animals, 2nd half of the 19th century, Japan, candlestick, height 37.0 cm, A slender metallic sculpture stands against a pale gray background, showing a vertical form with a base resembling a rounded shell or dome with textured segments and fringe-like elements at its lower edge; from this base rise long thin supports leading up to a bell-shaped cluster of layered, petal-like pieces and dangling fringe, with a small bird-like figure perched on one of the supports; higher up a twisted vine-like stem with tiny leaf shapes ascends to a flared, shallow cup at the top. The visible colors are bronze, gold, dark brown, and muted gray.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A22_431

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

77.2Mo (505.8Ko) / 38.1cm x 50.8cm / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Candlestick shokudai lotuses turtles cranes iconography Japanese art Japanese culture Meiji 1868–1912 animals 2nd half 19th century Japan candlestick height 37.0 cm slender metallic sculpture stands pale gray background showing vertical form base resembling rounded shell dome textured segments fringe- elements lower edge base rise long thin supports leading up bell-shaped cluster layered petal- pieces dangling fringe small bird- figure perched supports higher up twisted vine- stem tiny leaf shapes ascends flared shallow cup top visible colors bronze gold dark brown muted gray.