Li Tieguai

Kangxi period, 1662/1722

Chinese Qing Dynasty

Associated Names
Chinese Qing Dynasty

Artist

The sculpture depicts a standing figure adorned in an ornate robe with a floral pattern. The robe is predominantly black with cream and gold floral motifs and a vivid green sash from the neckline to the waist. The figures has a curling beard and eyebrows, and there are spiral shapes adorning their forehead.The figure is posed with one arm raised towards the viewer, palm facing outward, and the other holding a staff. One foot is raised and appears to be resting on the staff, while the other stands on the ground. The figure is mounted on a pedestal with green, cream, and pink floral shapes. The sculpture has a glossy finish.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    porcelain with famille noire enamels on the biscuit

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (height): 30.2 cm (11 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.597

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sir William Bennett [1852-1931]. (Gorer, London); sold 1910 to Peter A. B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.

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Bibliography

1910

  • Gorer 1910, 20, no. 63.

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 23.

1947

  • Christensen, Erwin O. Chinese Porcelains of the Widener Collection. Washington, 1947 (rev. ed. 1956): 20.

1998

  • Bower, Virginia, Josephine Hadley Knapp, Stephen Little, and Robert Wilson Torchia. Decorative Arts, Part II: Far Eastern Ceramics and Paintings; Persian and Indian Rugs and Carpets. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998: 196-197, color repro.

Wikidata ID

Q62286006

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