清 宜興窯臥鹿|Recumbent deer

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18th century · Stoneware (Yixing ware) · Asian Art

This small but beguiling sculpture captures an intimate moment as a recumbent deer scratches its muzzle with its left hind leg. This deer is a rare example of realistic sculpture from the Yixing kilns, which are famous for their tea wares but also produced small sculptures of animals, plants, nuts, and fruits from the eighteenth century onward

Artist

Unknown

Date

18th century

Medium

Stoneware (Yixing ware)

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019