Légende

Sage on a Mule, cloisonné enamel, Qing 1644–1911, 19th century, China; sculpture depicting a sage riding a mule with men/figurines, mules, birds and zoomorphic motifs, plant motifs, scrolls, meander ornament; height 26.0 cm, width 25.5 cm, depth 6.0 cm., A small sculpted animal resembling a horse or donkey stands with its head lowered, rendered in brown metal with darker and lighter brown variations and areas of greenish patina. It wears a decorative saddle cloth that hangs down on both sides, showing a colorful painted or inlaid pattern with teal, blue, red, green, and gold tones against a gold-edged background. The animal has a detailed mane, visible harness straps, and a tail draped to one side; the surface shows wear and textured tooling. The background is a smooth gradient of light gray to white.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A23_149

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

73.6Mo (1.2Mo) / 50.8cm x 36.3cm / 6000 x 4286 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Sage Mule cloisonné enamel Qing 1644–1911 19th century China sculpture depicting sage riding mule men figurines mules birds zoomorphic motifs plant motifs scrolls meander ornament height 26.0 cm width 25.5 cm depth 6.0 cm small sculpted animal resembling horse donkey stands head lowered rendered brown metal darker lighter brown variations areas greenish patina wears decorative saddle cloth hangs down sides showing colorful painted inlaid pattern teal blue red green gold tones gold-edged background animal detailed mane visible harness straps tail draped side surface wear textured tooling background smooth gradient light gray white.