Statuette
Object Number:
80-5-2
Current Location:
China Gallery
Culture:
Chinese
Provenience:
China
Jiangxi
Longhushan
Grave
Period:
Song Dynasty
Date Made:
Song Dynasty
Early Date:
960
Late Date:
1279
Section:
Asian
Materials:
Clay
Technique:
Unglazed
Iconography:
Guardian Figure
Description:
Figure from part of a set of 27 from a Daoist tomb in the Longhushan area of Kiangxi Province. Unglazed figure of guardian, companion to 80-5-1. Position of dragon is reversed, head (broken off) was held in left hand.
Credit Line:
Purchased from the Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Chinese ceramics (Rotunda Case Exhibit) ( Sep 1987)
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