Statuette - C398 | Collections

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
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

Bibliography:

[Article] Jayne, Horace H. 1941. "The Chinese Collections of The University Museum: A Handbook of the Principal Objects". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 9. no. 2-3. pg. 9-50 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 59	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[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.. London. E. Benn, Ltd. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pg. 131, Plate 480A	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Catalogue] Getz, John. 1917. The University Museum Section of Oriental Art.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: No. 21	View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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