Statue
C657
Location: On Display in the Asia Galleries
From: China | Hebei | Neiqiu County
Curatorial Section: Asian
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Object Number
C657
Current Location
Asia Galleries - On Display
Culture
Chinese
Provenience
China | Hebei | Neiqiu County
Period
Han Dynasty
Date Made
ca. 200 CE
Section
Asian
Materials
Stone
Technique
Carved
Iconography
Winged Lion
Description
One of a pair of colossal stone winged lions (C656 and C657). The decorative treatment of the bulging chest on this piece differentiates it as the female of the pair. It has curved lines that run horizontally like jewelry, unlike the male, which has lines that run vertically from the neck down. The female has two horns while the male has only one..
Length
2.13 m
Credit Line
Purchased from C. T. Loo, 1927
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
Smith, Adam D., and Zhongpei Qin. "Marking the Spirit Road: Funerary Stone Sculpture in China ." Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 59, no. 3. (2017): 26-37.
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Till, Barry. "Some Observations on Stone Winged Chimeras at Ancient Tomb Sites." Artibus Asiae 42, no. 4. (1980): 261-281. Page/Fig./Plate: 14a,b
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Jayne, Horace H. "The Chinese Collections of The University Museum: A Handbook of the Principal Objects ." The University Museum Bulletin 9, no. 2-3. (1941): 9-50. See: Fig. 1
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Jayne, Horace H. "Chinese Art at the University Museum." Parnassus 11, no. 1. (01 Jan 1939). See: Illustration
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March, Benjamin. China and Japan in our Museums . New York: American Council, Institute of Pacific Relations, 1929. Page/Fig./Plate: 87
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Siren, Osvald. "Winged Chimeras in Early Chinese Art." Eastern Art I, No. 2. (1928): 86-96. Page/Fig./Plate: 87-96, Plates 9, 10
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Fernald, Helen E. "Two Colossal Stone Chimeras from A Chinese Tomb ." The Museum Journal XVIII, No. 2. (1927): 159-173. Page/Fig./Plate: 159-173/e
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