Statuette
Object Number: | C398 |
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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 |
Height: | 52 cm |
Width: | 26 cm |
Credit Line: | Gift of C. T. Loo, 1921 |
Other Number: | Getz 21 - Other Number CG98-1-54A - Found in Collection Number |
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.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Penn in the World: Twelve Decades at the University of Pennsylvania Museum (08 May 2008 - 28 Sep 2008) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Chinese Halls (1941 - 1966) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Exhibition of Oriental Art (12 Feb 1916) | View Objects in Exhibition |
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