Celestial Globe on a Bronze Stand, Cover of Foreign Ships Picture Set
A color woodblock print showing a celestial globe with painted star constellations and a red bracket-like ring, resting on an ornate reddish-brown stand with scrolled handles and a dragon-like base. Above, a black panel bears large cream-colored calligraphic characters, and red seal stamps appear at the right and lower left against a graded gray-green background.
- Artist
- Unknown Artist
- Date
- 1840s–1850s
- Medium
- Color woodblock print
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 1139 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1860).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Japanese Print Purchase Fund Purchased from Carl H. Boehringer, Bay City, Michigan
