Statuette
Object Number:
C398
Current Location:
Collections storage
Culture:
Chinese
Buddhist
Provenience:
China
Henan
Period:
Tang Dynasty
Date Made:
Tang Dynasty
Early Date:
618
Late Date:
906
Section:
Asian
Materials:
Stone
Technique:
Carved
Iconography:
Guardian
Description:
Stone statuette of Buddhist guardian. Hard black stone with deep grey patina. The figure is nude to the waist and the thick neck and broad muscular chest appear massive. Right arm raised as if to strike; left arm hanging at side holds gourd. Most of weight on right leg. One of a pair with C399.
Credit Line:
Gift of C. T. Loo
Other Number:
| GETZ 21 | - | Other Number |
| CG98-1-54A | - | Found in Collection Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Chinese Halls (1941 - 1966)
Penn in the World: Twelve Decades at the University of Pennsylvania Museum (08 May 2008 - 28 Sep 2008)
Bibliography:
[Article] Jayne, Horace H. 1941. The Chinese Collections of The University Museum: A Handbook of the Principal Objects. The University Museum Bulletin. 9 (2-3) : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 59
[Book] Siren, Osvald. 1925. Chinese sculpture from the fifth to the fourteenth century; over 900 specimens in stone, bronze, lacquer and wood, principally from northern China. : Page/Fig./Plate: Plate 480
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