Légende

Dancing with a bird, unknown sculptor, 19th century, China; sculpture, height 77 cm; subject: dance with a bird; motifs: birds, cranes, figurative motifs; culture: Chinese/Asian; iconography: dance., A carved wood sculpture with a rich brown patina standing on a base of intertwined, irregular wooden limbs and branches, supporting a vertical central figure composed of layered, organic, root-like forms that suggest a cloak or mass around a humanoid torso and head, with a smooth, rounded head form and a bun-like shape at the back; the figure has an outstretched arm and a bent leg emerging from the carved mass, and a smaller carved animal-like figure in a similar brown color stands on a projecting wooden support beside the central composition, all set against a plain light gray background.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A27_400

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

77.2Mo (1.8Mo) / 38.1cm x 50.8cm / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Dancing bird unknown sculptor 19th century China sculpture height 77 cm subject dance motifs birds cranes figurative motifs culture Chinese Asian iconography carved wood sculpture rich brown patina standing base intertwined irregular wooden limbs branches supporting vertical central figure composed layered organic root- forms suggest cloak mass humanoid torso head smooth rounded head form bun- shape back figure outstretched arm bent leg emerging carved mass smaller carved animal- brown color stands projecting wooden support beside central composition set plain light gray background.