Li Tieguai

Kangxi period, 1662/1722

Chinese Qing Dynasty

Associated Names
Chinese Qing Dynasty

Artist

The sculpture depicts a standing person wearing an ornate robe with a floral pattern. The robe is predominantly black, with cream-and-gold floral motifs and a vivid green sash from their neckline to their waist. The person has pale skin, short black hair, a curling black beard, and thick black eyebrows, and there are spiral shapes adorning their forehead. The person is posed with one arm raised towards us, the palm facing outward, and they are holding a staff in the other hand. One foot is raised and appears to be resting on the staff, while the other stands on the ground. The person 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.

Associated Names

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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