Sujet

Bronze qilin, Ming dynasty, China, 15th or 16th century. Artist: Unknown

Légende

Bronze qilin, Ming dynasty, China, 15th or 16th century. A bronze qilin lying down straight out. The animal's head is up and turned to one side with long incised tresses coming from the head and curling down the neck and incised bushy curled tail. The head has a two pronged horn sprouting from the top of its head.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art

Date

1400

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images

Notre référence

HRM19B74_268

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

18,4Mo (604,4Ko) / 25,7cm x 18,0cm / 3035 x 2121 (300dpi)

Mots clés

pays figure La Chine Chinois couleur couleur ming endroit siècle objet façonné dynastie Dynastie De Ming mythologie objet façonné créature mythique 16e siècle seizie siècle Museum of East Asian Art object Unknown bronze bronze object