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Glazed ceramic figure of a seated official in a black hat and yellow-green robe with red trim, hands folded, against a grey background.

Seated Scholar

A glazed ceramic figure of a seated male official in a black hat and robe of yellow, green and white with red trim. He sits upright in a chair with hands folded at his chest, set against a plain grey backdrop.

Artist
Unknown
Date
Song dynasty (960–1279)
Medium
Cizhou ware; slip-coated stoneware with iron brown and yellow, green and red glazes
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
843 × 1241 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1279).
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, Gift of Bertha Palmer Thorne

Español: Erudito sentado, figura de gres vidriado

Figura cerámica vidriada de un funcionario masculino sentado, con sombrero negro y túnica amarilla, verde y blanca con ribetes rojos. Está erguido en una silla, con las manos cruzadas sobre el pecho, frente a un fondo gris liso.

Português: Erudito sentado, figura de grés esmaltado

Figura cerâmica esmaltada de um funcionário masculino sentado, com chapéu preto e manto amarelo, verde e branco com acabamentos vermelhos. Ele está ereto em uma cadeira, com as mãos juntas sobre o peito, diante de um fundo cinza liso.

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