Légende

Shoulao on a deer - incense burner, unknown sculptor, deer, figurines, Chinese art, Chinese culture, restitution provenance, incense burner, sage, Taoism, longevity shou iconography, Shouxing iconography, Chinese symbols, Qing 1644–1911, 18th century, China, sculpture, height 27.5 cm, A small dark metallic sculpture shows a seated elderly figure with a long beard and high rounded headwear riding a slender deer with tall branching antlers; the figure wears layered flowing robes and holds its hands near its chest, and both the rider and the deer display worn golden highlights on a predominantly dark brown surface, with the deer's body elongated and its legs poised as if walking against a light gray background.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A28_293

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

84.6Mo (1.1Mo) / 41.7cm x 50.8cm / 4931 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Shoulao deer - incense burner unknown sculptor deer figurines Chinese art Chinese culture restitution provenance incense burner sage Taoism longevity shou iconography Shouxing iconography Chinese symbols Qing 1644–1911 18th century China sculpture height 27.5 cm small dark metallic sculpture seated elderly figure long beard high rounded headwear riding slender deer tall branching antlers figure wears layered flowing robes holds hands near chest rider deer display worn golden highlights predominantly brown surface deer's body elongated legs poised walking light gray background.