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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Chinese
Title:Tomb guardian
Date Made:618-906 CE (Tang Dynasty)
Type:Ceramic; Sculpture
Materials:Stoneware; with tan-green glaze and remnants of polychromy
Place Made:Asia; China
Measurements:Overall: 14 3/4 x 6 3/8 x 10 1/2 in; 37.5 x 16.2 x 26.7 cm
Narrative Inscription:  No inscription.
Accession Number:  MH 1960.5.J.OI
Credit Line:Gift of Nathan Chaikin
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Seated leonine chimera, a tomb guardian creature with wings and spiked spine, with remnant of red pigments.

Tags:
animals; afterlife; funeral rites and ceremonies

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